Page 2 Colby Free Press Monday, August 26, 2013 Area/State WWeathereather Page City reunion could be last BBrieflyriefly The deadline for Briefl y is noon The Page City Reunion scheduled for Fri- moved on and aged. At this year’s reunion, At 11 a.m. Saturday, the group plans a the day before. Items submitted in the day and Saturday could be the last for the she said, the group will discuss whether to visit to the Buffalo Bill Museum in Oakley. morning will be set up for the following tiny Logan County town. have any more in the future. The museum tour features a program, enter- day, space available. The deadline for The event started as a Page City High Page City is about 17 miles west of Oak- tainment and a catered buffet paid for with Monday’s paper is noon Friday. School reunions, but as the years passed, ley on U.S. 40, or 26 miles southwest of a donation. developed into a reunion for the whole com- Colby. Today, there not much left but a cou- To make reservations for the Saturday munity. ple of elevators. The school closed in 1957. event or for information, contact Mary Brewster hot dog feed Karla Harlow, daughter of Darla (Samu- Reunion activities will begin at 7 p.m. Boyd at (303) 759-9265 or Harlow at kar- coming up Thursday elson) Roberts from Page City, and one of Friday with a “pre-party party,” a potluck [email protected]. Brewster’s annual hot dog and water- the reunion’s planners, said planning has be- social at the Colby Veterans of Foreign melon feed is planned for 6 p.m. Thurs- come more diffi cult as the schoolmates have Wars Hall, 220 N. Lake Ave. day at Hunter-Hall Park. Donations will benefi t the Brewster Heritage Center. Please bring a lawn chair and enjoy the evening social. Contact the Brewster Farm raising yields toward 300 bushels Heritage Center at (785) 694-2851 for information. From “YIELDS,” Page 1 would, probably 13 to 14 acre Woolfolk said he grew up in been working with Baalman National Weather Service inches so far. Oklahoma and has farmland since last fall. They said the Tonight: Clear, with a low added more nutrients, especially “I don’t know what that piv- near Tribune. He is working company will consider bringing Cub Scouts to hold around 70. Breezy, with a south boron, through the pivot sprin- ot’s going to make,” Baalman with Baalman and Todd Prinz more farmers into the program sign-up meeting wind 15 to 20 mph. kler. He said they probably did said. “Everybody asks me.” of West Point, Neb. The Mo- next year. Cub Scouts will hold an information Tuesday: Sunny and hot, too much to the crop, since now He said he’s thinking about saic representatives were to visit He introduced the program to and sign-up meeting for new and return- with a high near 99. South wind there will be too many variables 275 bushels per acre, but not Prinz Wednesday, then move on about 40 farmers Tuesday after- ing boys in fi rst through fi fth grades at around 10 mph. to tell what helped out the most. 300. He rotates the fi eld be- to farms in Minnesota, Iowa, Il- noon at the City Limits Conven- 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Colby Grade Tuesday Night: Clear, with a “We’ve been going accord- tween corn and soybeans, and linois and Indiana. tion Center. He said the world’s School activities room. Call Mary Zerr low around 67. South wind 10 to ingly, you know, we’ve been it usually produces about 240 to “The bottom line is, we can farmers will have to produce 70 at 460-9757 for information. 15 mph. spoon-feeding the crop,” Baal- 250 bushels of corn. learn a lot from each other,” percent more grain in the next Wednesday: Sunny, with a man said. “It’s fun to go to the coffee Woolfolk said. “That’s what 40 years to keep up with de- high near 96. Southeast wind 5 After a hail storm hit the farm shop and brag,” he said, adding the program is all about, sitting mand and make better use of the Ex-gun lobbyist to 15 mph. July 3, they added more nutri- that the steps he has been tak- down with intelligent people world’s arable land and water. to give ‘Max’ lecture Wednesday Night: Mostly ents, fungicide and pesticide, ing need to be measured against bringing in experience.” Mosaic could easily get a fi eld Former gun lobbyist Richard Feld- clear, with a low around 66. Baalman said. Spider mites got whether a farmer can afford it. The Mosaic representatives to out-do 300 bushels, he said, man will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. Thursday: Sunny and hot, on the southern side of the crop Scanlan said they might look plan to visit this year’s Farm but the program is not just a 10, at the Northwest Kansas Cultural with a high near 97. from the grass along U.S. 24. He into adding more fungicide and Progress Show in Decatur, Ill., yield contest. Arts Center near the southeast corner of Thursday Night: Mostly would have strip-tilled the fi eld, fi ne-tuning their application of during their tour. The company, “We take care of the environ- the Colby Community College campus. clear, with a low around 69. but decided not to for the sake nutrients next year, but they will which supplies phosphates and ment as we try to move the yield The free lecture is part of the Dr. Max Friday: Sunny and hot, with a of the project. He also put more have to look at the information potash, started the program at needle,” he said. Pickerill series. For information, con- high near 98. water on it than he normally they gather at harvest. last year’s farm show, and have tact Dr. Linda Davis-Stephens at 460- Friday Night: Mostly clear, 5528. with a low around 68. Saturday: Sunny and hot, World’s Largest Convoy with a high near 99. School board learns to do job better Saturday Night: Mostly clear, helps Special Olympics with a low around 69. From “LEARNS,” Page 1 • Heard Middle School Principal Robb who represents the district on the Northwest The World’s Largest Truck Convoy, Sunday: Sunny and hot, with Ross report that 70 sixth-graders, 66 sev- Kansas Technical College Board of Control, open to the public, will be Friday and a high near 97. suggesting them to the board. Polices are enth-graders and 74 eighth graders were reported that “they spent about 10 minutes Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7, in Colby. At 5 approved once or twice a year. enrolled, a total of 210 students compared bragging about Colby” at the last meeting p.m. Friday, events kick off with a tail- Friday: High, 92; Low 61 In other business, the board: to 212 last fall. because of the program. gate barbecue party at Oasis-Petro, a car Saturday: High, 96; Low 65 • Approved new and revised board poli- There are 21 kids each in seventh and • Heard from Superintendent Harrison and motorcycle cruise-in and fi reworks. Sunday: High, 97; Low 68 cies with the exception of a section concern- eighth grade football, he said. The school that a dedication is planned for an iron stat- Saturday, convoys from Oakley and Precip: Friday 0.None ing disruptive acts in school and at school has four new teacher aides, Ross said, and ue of an Eagle that donors had built in front Goodland will merge at 11 a.m. on Hor- Saturday 0.None activities. Harrison said after the meeting Brandi Jones is a reading aide both at the of the high school, organized by the Colby/ ton Avenue for a parade down Range to Sunday 0.None that the district had been working on those middle and elementary schools. Thomas County Chamber of Commerce. It Fourth and back south on Franklin. All Month: 0.87 inches policies since June. • Listened as Jeff Wallingford, high school will also serve to celebrate the fact that the events, including a truck and bike show Year: 9.36 inches • Heard Elementary Principal Lance principal, said 311 students had enrolled at district will fi nally pay off the bonds on the and lunch are open to the public. Dona- Normal: 16.36 inches Krannawitter report that the school has 380 the school as of Aug. 16, 81 ninth graders, high school, completed in 1996, this year. tions go to Special Olympics. For infor- (K-State Experiment Station) students enrolled, 12 fewer than last year, 69 tenth graders, 77 juniors and 84 seniors. • Approved resignations resignations mation call Joe Mentlick at 443-1682. Sunrise and Sunset but a big jump up from the year before, That compared to 310 at the same time last from custodian Joyce Towey, food ser- Tuesday 7:08 a.m. 8:22 p.m. when there were 328. year. Three new teachers have joined the vice worker Peggy Humphries and middle Moon: waning, 57 percent The number of students who speak Eng- faculty, he said. school aide Bev Randolph, who was recog- County Landfill Wednesday 7:09 a.m. 8:21 p.m. lish as a second language has double to • Heard Athletic Director Larry Gabel re- nized for being with the school for 17 years. to close for weekend Last quarter moon at 4:36 a.m. about 23 this year, he said. That includes port that the C-team volleyball tournament • OK’d hiring Travis Betz as a half-time For the Labor Day weekend, the (U.S. Naval Observatory) several Asian students as well as Spanish- set for Saturday, in Phillipsburg had been special education teacher, Linda Niermeier, Thomas County Landfi ll will close at Colby Water Use speakers, Krannawitter said. The school cancelled. The homecoming football game as a grade-school aide and Lisa Heibult, Friday to Sunday 2,728,000 gal. noon Saturday and remain closed until (average) hired fi ve new teachers and two new para- against Ulysses will be Friday, Sept. 20. Mike Donelan, Terina Schmidt and Mi- Tuesday Sept. 3. Call the landfi ll at 462- (Colby Public Works) professionals, he said, and two teachers are He said eight girls and 10 boys are in cross chaela Space as aides at the middle school. 8139 if you have questions. teaching different grades than before. country, 33 in volleyball, 50 for football, 11 Supplemental contracts were approved for or 12 for girls’ tennis and eight for golf. all the new head and assistant coaches at the • Heard Curriculum Director Diana middle school and high school. Sanitation trucks Dodge City man flown to Wichita Wieland report that school staff had spent • Discussed goals for the board. Harri- won’t run on Labor Day a long time this summer on training, includ- son said the board should vote next month City of Colby sanitation trucks will A Dodge City man was fl own to a rolled, stopping on the driver’s side. ing a workshop on co-teaching. Gov. Sam whether to keep its goals or add new ones. not run on Monday, Sept. 2, in obser- Wichita hospital and his passenger Where the accident occurred, Road Brownback has announced a new initiative • Went into closed session for 25 minutes vance of Labor Day. Monday’s sanita- was hurt when a pickup rolled early 430 is the southbound continuation to teach students reading skills, she said, to discuss issues with attorney John Gatz tion route will be picked up Tuesday, Thursday on a county road southwest of U.S. 83 where the highway ends at and the district is one of the fi nalists for a which also concerned security. Sept. 3. Please have your tipper cans to of Oakley. U.S. 40. U.S. 83 continues south a mile $10,000 grant from Monsanto. The winner • Approved out-of-district transportation the curb by 8 a.m. For more informa- The Kansas Highway Patrol reported to the east. will be announced Tuesday. requests for Keden Frahm, Zach and Austin tion, contact Omar Weber at the Public that Rogelio Cerda, 25, was driving Cerda and a passenger, Paula Wieland said 30 students are working Hart and Jake, Gus and Kelly Palmgren to Works Department at 460-4420. a 2004 GMC Sierra southbound on Cabrera, 21, also of Dodge City, were with the school’s “career technical acad- come Colby schools. It also approved re- CountyRoad 430 about 2:10 a.m. He taken to the Logan County Hospital. emy,” taking classes such as engine tech- quests for Haley and Jaron Redmond to at- lost control half a mile south of the Cerda was fl own to Wesley Medical nology, which has nine students, many at tend school in Oakley and Brittay and Bray- We want your local news: west junction of U.S. 40 and U.S. 83. Center, where he was listed in fair area colleges. Board member Ed Geishler, dan Fringer to go to Golden Plains. e-mail to The truck went into the west ditch and condition Thursday. colby.editor @ nwkansas.com

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