Page 2 Colby Free Press Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Area/State Weather Director details new training Briefly From “TRAINING,” Page 1 about 85 percent,” he said. $900,000. Courthouse entrance Sharp explained that only substantial • A transfer of $13,430 was approved closed for stair repair need faster air transportation. Transports buildings worth at least $100,000 were ap- from E911 funds to pay for equipment and The west entrance of the Thomas are also a high-dollar revenue sources com- praised and they did not take into account technology upgrades for emergency 911 County Courthouse will be closed while pared to local 911 calls. any sheds or small structures in their re- functions now being taken over by the city repairs are made to the stairs. For infor- Hickert said he’ll need input from all of view. of Colby, due to changes at the state level. mation, call 460-4500. the county’s volunteers to make the goals a His report concluded that as of May 20 the The city’s technology director, Mike Albers, reality, saying that the department is a fam- nine buildings reviewed totaled about $7.19 explained that the majority of the equip- ily and a team that needs to work together. million and contents totaled about $1.05 ment, including the main dispatch console, Get a Colby Eagles flag “I want people to know that Thomas million. The total property value increased is about six years old, is overloaded and and support the team County EMS will take care of our citizens,” 13 percent from $7,284,190 to $8,232,100. needs updating. The Colby High School boys basket- he said. The nine buildings that were included in • The commissioners released payment National Weather Service ball team is selling Colby Eagle fl ags Hazardous Weather Outlook In other business: the report done by Hirons and Associates for road improvements on the Mingo road. to raise money for the team. The 3- by Tonight: Patchy freezing fog • Larry Sharp from the Kansas County were the jail, which was valued at about • Road and bridge supervisor Clair Sch- 5-foot fl ags are $55 each. To order a after 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with Association Multi-line Pool, presented fi nd- $1.1 million; the courthouse, $3.62 million; rock received approval on a $400 increase fl ag, call 443-2763. a low around 10. West wind ings on a recent appraisal review. the garage storage, $512,000; the Thomas to purchase a pressure washer. The increase around 5 mph becoming calm. He said an out-of-state appraiser reviewed County Offi ce Complex, $1.95 million; and was due to a miscalculation. Thursday: A chance of freez- county-owned property last spring to gauge fi ve buildings at the fair grounds, $1.06 mil- • The commissioners met with Christy Booster club to sell ing drizzle before noon, then a risks and his fi ndings will not affect insur- lion. Rocca, the new director for the Thomas shirts and hoodies chance of snow and freezing ance premiums. Sharp said all of the coun- Thomas County Commissioner Paul County Economic Development Alliance. The Colby High School Booster Club drizzle. Patchy freezing fog be- ties within the association were reviewed, Steele noticed the jail, built in the mid Rocca is taking the position which has been will be selling eagle foil print shirts and fore noon. Cloudy, with a high which took about two years to complete. 1970’s, has depreciated about 50 percent. vacant since mid September when Rick Pat- hoodies at the Eagle Invitational Friday near 26. Calm wind becoming The Thomas County courthouse, Sharp Sharp explained the rule of thumb with rick left the organization. and Saturday, and at the Community east around 5 mph. Chance of said, is the only one whose insurance re- appraising jails is approximately the same She notifi ed commissioners that she has Building for this season’s basketball precipitation is 20 percent. placement costs went down instead of go- as a hospital and can be fi gured based on been to the McCarty Dairy and has been games. Proceeds go to the club, which Thursday Night: A chance ing up. its occupancy. He said the jail, which has busy in meetings with city of Colby Mayor supports Colby High School athletics. of fl urries and freezing drizzle “If I remember right, Hoxie’s went up nine beds has an estimated worth of about Gary Adrian. For information, call Tracy Rogers at before midnight. Patchy freez- 462-0489. ing fog after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. East wind around 5 mph becom- President invokes Roosevelt in speech Help fill food baskets ing southwest. By John Hanna Osawatomie. did attend. fellow Democrats in Congress. for Genesis project Friday: Patchy freezing fog Genesis-Thomas County needs vol- AP Political Writer Hundreds of people crowded “There’s no chance that he’ll The election represented a before noon. Mostly sunny, with unteers to help fi ll food baskets for the into the local high school’s gym win this state,” said Burdett big shift to the right for Kan- a high near 29. West wind be- annual Christmas Basket project at 7 OSAWATOMIE (AP) – Presi- for the speech, many of them Loomis, a University of Kansas sas, which had elected moder- tween 5 and 10 mph. p.m. Friday in the 4-H Building on the dent Barack Obama received a standing to cheer and applaud political scientist who worked ate Republicans and Democrats Friday Night: Mostly clear, Thomas County Fairgrounds. Baskets warm welcome Tuesday from a at times. But Obama support- for a year on the staff of for- as governor for a generation, with a low around 12. will be distributed to eligible families small eastern Kansas communi- ers and fellow Democrats ap- mer Democratic Gov. Kathleen including Sebelius. She attend- Saturday: Sunny, with a high from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the 4-H ty and plenty of applause in po- peared to be over-represented; Sebelius, now U.S. health and ed the speech, also receiving a near 38. Building. For information, call 460- litically unfriendly territory for he received about 42 percent of human services secretary. “This warm welcome. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, 7930. with a low around 17. calling for a return to economic the vote in Kansas in 2008, and is a national speech, designed Cutburth said he’s willing to Sunday: Sunny, with a high fairness, but some audience his Republican opponent is all for a national audience.” vote for Obama next year, but near 39. members questioned whether but certain to carry the state next Kansas GOP Chairwoman skeptical that the president can Seniors plan potluck he’s done enough to create jobs year, just as the GOP nominee Amanda Adkins said Obama’s deliver on his call for a return to The group More Fun Together plans a Monday: High, 15; Low -12 or can follow through on his has done in every presidential message – she described it as economic fairness. potluck for people 50 or older who are Tuesday: High, 24; Low -8 speech. election since 1964. calling to redistribute wealth and Anthony DeLeon, a 30-year- alone, widowed, divorced, separated or Precip: Monday 0.None The Democratic president And, even as many of Obama’s pitting upper-income Americans old Tyson Foods manager from who have partners in nursing homes at Tuesday 0.None traveled to Osawatomie, a town listeners applauded – and once, against the lower and middle nearby Gardner, is a registered 6 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Month: 0.55 inches of 4,400 residents about 50 miles one shouted “Amen!” – some classes would not play well. Democrat who voted for Obama Church. Bring a dish to share; table ser- Year: 20.18 inches southwest of Kansas City, to in- wondered whether he can fol- “It will incite more frustration in 2008 but wasn’t sure he would vice and beverage will be provided. For Normal: 20.65 inches voke former President Theodore low through. Will Cutburth, a in regard with his lack of execu- again. He said Obama hasn’t de- information, call 462-6342. (K-State Experiment Station) Roosevelt’s praise a century ago 32-year-old Iraq war veteran tive management as it relates to livered a stronger economy. Sunrise and Sunset for having government inter- from Osawatomie and a Repub- the economy,” she said. “I think “The jobs are not there for so Thursday 7:51 a.m. 5:21 p.m. vene in the economy to provide lican, said Obama’s message it will backfi re.” many people that I know,” De- Lions to serve pancakes Moon: waxing, 97 percent “a square deal” for the disadvan- is important, but the president The president’s speech came Leon said as he waited to get The Gem Lions Club will have its (U.S. Naval Observatory) taged. Roosevelt gave his “New faces gridlock in Congress. amid his efforts to pressure into the speech. “He’s got to annual pancake feed from 11 a.m. to 7 Nationalism” speech in 1910 in “He’s talking about re-estab- congressional Republicans into start to get people to work – lots p.m. next Wednesday at the Gem Com- lishing the way it used to be in voting for a plan to extend a So- of people.” munity Building. Bring unused or old America. It used to be a given cial Security payroll tax cut that Alice Heath, a 62-year-old eyeglasses and hearing aids, so the club Big Brothers Big Sisters in America that you’d do bet- would increase taxes for wealthy retired food service manager, can recycle them. For information, call ter than your parents,” Cutburth Americans. Many Republicans liked Obama’s speech and plans Ken Poland at 462-7809. planning fund raiser Thursday said. “They’re great ideas, but I – including Kansas’ all-GOP to vote for him again, as she did don’t see how he’s going to be delegation – have resisted what in 2008, but she’s also looking From “FUND RAISER,” Page 1 sisters. The students meet with able to do it.” they view as an appeal to spark for signs of economic improve- Learn about history their little brothers and sisters Republicans considered the class warfare. ment because, “We’re all suffer- at Food for Thought bowling, taking a walk around during or after school on the visit part of Obama’s re-election “This isn’t about class war- ing.” The Prairie Museum of Art and His- town or just going for a ham- school premises. effort, though some GOP offi - fare,” the president said. “This And January Clark, the tory will hold the fi rst Food for Thought burger. Romine joined the organiza- cials attended. Republican Gov. is about the nation’s welfare.” 27-year-old manager of a Wal- program on the 2011-2012 season at “Just something simple like tion in September. She oversees Sam Brownback welcomed In Kansas, the GOP swept Mart produce department in noon Thursday, Dec. 15, with a talk by that makes a difference in a the matching process – pairing Obama to Kansas in a state- all statewide and congressional Paola said: “With milk at $4, Jim Gray on cattle and the cowboy era. child’s life,” Romine said. up the right big and little partners ment but kept a previous com- races on the ballot in 2010 and people who are middle class or Food for Thought is offered every third Romine said the organization – and helps organize fund raisers mitment to attend a symposium increased its control over the lower really can’t do a whole Thursday each month through April. is also working with high school and other events. in Wichita on the state’s future. Legislature by tapping into frus- lot. There’s no room for any- For information, call 460-4590. students to be big brothers and However, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer tration with the president and thing extra.”

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