Walking to School Goes Global
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75¢ COLBY Thursday October 2, 2014 Volume 125, Number 154 Serving Thomas County since 1888 8 pages FFREEREE PPRESSRESS Walking Queen Kynndra Rush (left) to school handed King Domonic Luna his signed football during the Homecoming crowning cere- monies at Golden Plains High School Friday. Rush is the daughter of Laura Rush and goes global Lane Rush of Colby. Luna is the son of Bill and Mary Luna of Rexford. During the game’s If you have a grade school stu- Fifth Street, where the sidewalks half time, Tod Depperschmidt dent, or several of them, in your have been improved as part of the of Monsanto (below, center) family, don’t let them miss the city’s Safe Routes to School proj- presented a $25,000 check chance get some exercise Wednes- ect. Public school students will from the America’s Farmers day. turn south on Grant Avenue and Grow Rural Education grant That date marks this year’s Sacred Heart kids will continue to program to Golden Plains Su- National Walk to School Day, their own school. perintendent Darrin Herl, third when students from Colby Grade Shipley hopes that the Fifth from right, and school board School, Colby Middle School and Street sidewalk will be finished in members (from left) Matt Vo- Sacred Heart School will start the time for the event. She heard that gler, Paul Bruggeman, Jer- day by walking as a group to their on several days crews will be in emy Schiltz, Matt Cheney respective schools. Colby to follow up on the work and Chad Focke. The dis- The plan for the day is to get they did here last week. trict plans to use the money kids from both schools together at Colby High School cheerlead- on laptops, soil probes and Fike Park between 7:20 and 7:30 ers will be there to send the kids plants for its agriculture edu- a.m. Richelle Shipley, wellness off, Shipley said, and the coalition cation program. coordinator for the Thomas Coun- hopes to have the marching band ty Coalition, said she is counting there as well. She has contacted JUDY ROGERS on having all Sacred Heart kids at homeowners and businesses along Golden Plains High School the event, and has sent flyers to all the route to ask them to sit outside the public grade school and mid- their houses and encourage the dle school classes as well. kids as they walk to school. Colby Colby police officers will lead Community College art students the school kids, Shipley said, were also contacted and will make Homecoming brings gifts They will walk by class down chalk drawings along the route. By Sam Dieter Triplains-Brewster. to apply for the grant,” said Golden Plains Colby Free Press Triplains, meanwhile, will receive its Superintendent Darrin Herl. [email protected] $10,000 grant at its own homecoming game With the grant money, Golden Plains Film examines this Friday against Wallace Country. plans to fund its Agriculture in Classrooms Two northwest Kansas school districts Golden Plains and Triplains were among to Relate Educational Standards, or ACRES, will get a helping hand to pay for agricul- seven Kansas school districts to win grants project designed to help students learn about ture-related education this fall. this year, out of 16 districts that were final- farming. Golden Plains was presented with a ists for the grants sponsored by the Monsan- Most of that money will go to buy 65 college sports $25,000 grant from America’s Farmers to Fund. Nominations from farmers living Chromebook laptops, mainly for high school Grow Rural Education grant program, spon- within each district allowed them to apply and middle school students, Herl said. He Colby Community College in- and the autocratic power of the sored by agriculture company Monsanto, for a grant. See “GIFTS,” Page 2 structor Ryan Hale has announced National Collegiate Athletic Asso- at the Bulldogs’ homecoming game against “You have to be nominated to begin with the documentary film “Schooled – ciation. The NCAA regulates col- The Price of College Sports” will lege sports, levying fines where it be shown in the Northwest Kan- sees fit and controlling the eligi- sas Cultural Arts Center at 7 p.m. bility of individual players who Tuesday. There is no charge to at- have no legal recourse against its tend the screening. decisions. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- “College athletics is a $12 bil- winning book, “The Cartel,” lion per year business,” said Hale. “Schooled” takes a comprehen- “It is a tax-free non-profit orga- sive look at the business, history nization with no shareholders. and culture of big-time college March Madness brings in approxi- sports. Author and producer Tay- mately $800 million per year. It is lor Branch examines how college a film for those who are interested sports in America became a bil- in college sports and its place in lion dollar business and the un- our culture.” paid athletes who built the empire. For information about the doc- The film looks at the questions umentary, contact Hale at 460- of money, exploitation, fairness 5544. Spirit Week in Colby Prisoners and medical care: group looks at improvements A newly formed group of law sions for the inmates even though call from the jail regarding an in- viders takes care of some after- enforcement and medical person- the officers do not have much mate who had brought in a bunch hours needs, she said. nel is working on ways to improve medical training. Additionally, he of medication. Jail staff have no Jenny Niblock, an advance reg- prisoner medical care while low- said, the department is responsible way to know what medication is istered nurse practitioner at the ering the county’s costs and expo- for administering medication cor- necessary or whether some pre- clinic, said one way this could sure to liability for medical errors, rectly to each inmate, and he is scriptions might interact with oth- save costs is by cutting down on delivering preliminary solutions concerned a mistake could lead to ers. the number or cost of medications to the county commissioners on a lawsuit. Haag said the group’s goal is inmates receive. While the jail Tuesday. “There’s no way for us to know to provide quality care at a lower staff typically give inmates what The group includes represen- whether they need it or not,” he cost. The county may be able to has previously been prescribed tatives from the county sheriff’s said. cut costs if the health department to that inmate, those medications department, health department, Finley referred to a 1993 Na- takes care of some non-emergent may not be needed any longer and emergency medical services and tional Institute of Corrections needs during the day and the Citizens Medical Center, all orga- assessment and a legal journal’s emergency medical services pro- See “MEDICAL,” Page 2 nizations involved or potentially article on civil liability for inade- involved in providing medical quate care, providing copies to the care for inmates. commissioners. Both documents Undersheriff Marc Finley said confirm the county’s responsibil- Winona woman injured the group was formed out of con- ity to provide adequate medical A Winona woman got a trip to pulling a trailer west on U.S. 40. cerns over the cost of inmate med- care and exposure to expensive the hospital Wednesday afternoon Lowe, who was not wearing ical care as well as the possibility lawsuits if it fails to provide that when she ran a stop sign and hit a seatbelt, was taken to Logan that the county could face a law- care. a truck. County Hospital, where she was suit if an inmate’s medical needs “We’re just trying to get ahead Anne L. Lowe, 72, Winona, ran treated and released. The driver are not handled properly. of the game,” he said. a stop sign where Logan County of the truck, 62-year-old Ralph SAM DIETER/Colby Free Press His department is currently re- Jennifer Haag, a certified physi- Road 230 meets the junction of C. Redo of Fayetteville, Ark., Freshman Camille Rager posed as Batman this morning for sponsible to schedule medical ap- cian assistant at Family Center for K-25 and U.S. 40, the Kansas who was wearing a seatbelt, was Shooting Stars day in the Colby High School cafeteria. Kids pointments for prisoners or take Health Care, said “something has Highway Patrol reported. At 3:40 uninjured. dressed as either celebrities – “shooting stars” – or as movie them to the emergency room for to be done.” p.m. Wednesday, she drove north villains – “falling stars” as part of spirit week. Friday will be treatment. This forces the offi- She gave the commissioners an into the intersection in a 2004 “Launch the Longhorns” day, with the homecoming parade cers into a position where they are example of one night she was on Chevrolet Malibu and hit the rear scheduled for 2:30 p.m. downtown. making medical treatment deci- duty at the hospital and received a axle of a 2014 Volvo which was Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, October 2, 2014 Area/State Weather Homecoming brings gifts to schools Briefly From “GIFTS,” Page 1 field checks on farmers’ land to education in math and science. districts to win a $25,000 grant. The deadline for Briefly is noon understand the moisture depth Moorhous said a visit with par- Along with Triplains, Fort Scott the day before. Items submitted in the was not sure initially what he and profile of the soil, and then ents and teachers convinced the school district in Bourbon Coun- morning will be set up for the following would use the money on, but will pull more soil samples after district that a green house would ty; Royal Valley district in Jack- day, space available.