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75¢ COLBY Monday January 30, 2012 Volume 123, Number 16 Serving Thomas County since 1888 8 pages FFREEREE PPRESSRESS Colby hospital plans more expansion By Christina Beringer continually recruit and seek oppor- Colby Free Press tunities for growth that will sus- [email protected] tain us for many years to come,” Trenkle said. “We are proud of the In addition to the expansion that exceptional services we have been was recently completed at the hos- able to offer, and with Dr. Dygert pital, Citizens Medical Center In- joining us this August and the Ga- corporated of Colby is continuing bels coming in 2013, we will be to plan for growth. well-positioned to ensure access Over the next two years, $1.9 to high quality physician services million more in expansions and over the next decade.” surgical suite upgrades are ex- The three new doctors will ac- pected, with ground breaking at company the clinic’s family prac- the Family Center for Health Care tice physicians Dr. Darren Match- to take place some time in the late ell, Dr. Brewster Kellogg and Dr. spring, said Kevan Trenkle, the Steven Bear, five nurse practitio- hospital’s chief executive officer. A computer rendering showed what the expansion will look like with the renovations. ners – one of which began today The increase in health care – and two physician assistants. services includes the addition ning and have gotten feedback ments without being on the public are coming.” plans to upgrade and modernize The hospital staffs one full-time of a full-time surgeon, two doc- from several community members tax rolls. Focke said Dr. John Dygert will the clinic’s obstetrics wing. In or- orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Mekki tors who will specialize in family and a consultant,”said Focke. “We “With additional providers com- be the first to arrive, and is expect- der to accommodate the new sur- Saba. medicine and obstetrics and build- have reserves and trust contribu- ing to Colby, we are faced with ur- ed in August. He is trained in fam- geon, the hospital will upgrade its “This project will also allow ac- ing expansions and upgrades to tions that will help pay for it, and gent and accelerated growth. We ily medicine and obstetrics care. surgical suites, along with buying cess to general surgery services in accommodate their work. the community interviews show must accommodate our providers Arriving in August 2013 are equipment and instruments. Space Colby that have not been avail- Scott Focke, manager of the that we have a lot of support from with the facilities, staff and equip- a husband and wife couple. Dr. will be added to accommodate able because we did not have a Family Center for Health Care people who will contribute.” ment they need to provide care. Kelly Gabel will be the new full- their work and patient care. full time surgeon,” Focke said. clinic, said that although plans for “We have been strategically ex- We are very proud of the growth time surgeon and will add a line The additional services in ob- “This expansion project will posi- building expansions are already panding and recruiting for many we are experiencing. It has taken of services for Citizens and north- stetrics, family medicine, wom- tion Colby and CMCI to be a true in the works, funding has not yet years,” Trenkle said. “In the last a lot of planning and good people west Kansas. Dr. Sarah Gabel spe- en’s health and surgery, said leader in the region for all health been received. five years, CMCI has invested to bring us to where we are today,” cializes in family medicine and Trenkle, the center will be able to care services for the foreseeable “We feel comfortable about the $8.6 million in technology, ex- said Trenkle. obstetrics care. deliver increased access to regular future.” idea (to start the expansions) be- pansions and renovations, and we “We simply can’t put the project With an expected increase in and emergency medicine. cause we have undergone preplan- have accomplished these invest- off,” added Focke. “The doctors obstetrics patients, the center “It is very important that we Brass comes to town Warrant a must for tracking By Jesse H. Holland Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Su- preme Court ruled unanimously last Monday that police must get a search warrant before using Glob- al Positioning System technology to track criminal suspects. The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement nationwide, which increasingly relies on high tech surveillance of suspects, including use of various types of GPS devices. A GPS device installed by po- lice on Washington nightclub owner Antoine Jones’ Jeep helped them link him to a suburban house used to stash money and drugs. He was sentenced to life in prison be- fore the appeals court overturned KATHRYN BALLARD/Colby Free Press the conviction. Associate Justice Antonin Sca- lia said that the government’s in- stallation of a GPS device, and its use to monitor the vehicle’s move- ments, constitutes a search, mean- ing that a warrant is required. “By attaching the device to the Jeep” that Jones was using, “of- ficers encroached on a protected area,” Scalia wrote. He concluded The United States Air Force Heartland of America Band’s that the installation of the device Brass in Blue played the National Anthem (top) on Thursday on the vehicle without a warrant during its concert at Colby High School. Three trumpet play- was a trespass and therefore an il- ers played a song during the program, which was enjoyed by legal search. hundreds of attendees. All nine justices agreed that the GPS monitoring on the Jeep violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Scalia wrote the main opinion of three in the case. He was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Sonia So- tomayor. Sotomayor also wrote one of the two concurring opinions that agreed with the outcome in the Jones case for different reasons. Justice Samuel Alito wrote, in the other concurring opinion, that Colby agent joins Shay Realty based in St. Francis the trespass was not as important as the suspect’s expectation of pri- By Christina Beringer Stover said he has been a licensed real Stover said he has also worked for years and six grandkids: Jordan, Kellyn, Peyton vacy and that the long-term dura- Colby Free Press estate agent in Kansas since May 2008 and in farming and livestock and operated a and Breckyn Wahlmeier and Josie and Col- tion of the surveillance impinged [email protected] specializes in agricultural land sales with clothing store. ton Stover. on that expectation of privacy. Po- his farm-and-ranch background. When he isn’t working, he said, he likes “We call our fun time at the arena ‘play- lice monitored the Jeep’s move- Colby agent Terry Stover is now associ- “Before real estate, Stover said, his ex- to “play cowboy” with his wife Linda and ing cowboy,’” he said, “because however ments over the course of four ated with Shay Realty, which has its main pertise was mostly in sales, working at the their grandchildren in an arena at their big the job to maintain it is, it still isn’t weeks after attaching the GPS office in St. Francis. KXXX radio station with Larry Steckline home. work since we enjoy it so much.” device. However, Stover says he continues to from about 1985 to 1988. He sold advertis- “We love to have family and friends come Stover said he was born in Winona, where “The use of longer term GPS live in Atwood, working from his home ing for northwest Kansas television stations and rope with us, and especially enjoy when he was raised in a farming and ranching monitoring in investigations of with folks in most of western Kansas and from 1998 to 2008. the grandkids come and play,” Stover said. family. He is a 1969 graduate of Winona trying to put buyers and sellers together. He said when management decided to “They all ride the horses, run barrels, chase High School and a 1971 graduate of Col- See “TRACKING,” Page 2 “We are glad to have Terry as part of our consolidate operations, they offered him the the steers and get dirty.” by Community College. He also attended sales team,” said Rodney Shay, broker and opportunity to move to Salina or Wichita. Stover said he and Linda have two grown Oklahoma Panhandle State University. president of Shay Realty. “He has a wealth “But I chose to stay close to home,” he children, Amanda (Mark) Wahlmeier of of agriculture and business experience.” said. “It was an easy decision.” Colby and Ryan (Tonya) Stover of Norton, .

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