Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, August 30, 2012 Area/State Weather Norton campus building open Briefly Lutheran church back From “NORTON,” Page 1 the Norton County Hospital and prior to the ribbon cutting. nity – those are just some of the Norton County Economic De- “At Colby Community Col- long-term goals for our Norton to normal schedule Wednesday at the Norton cam- velopment. lege, we are committed to being campus and its dedicated per- Beginning Sunday, Trinity Lutheran pus. There is no charge for these Kansas Attorney General Der- different, better and purpose- sonnel.” Church, 855 E. Fifth St. in Colby, will courses. ek Schmidt spoke at the dedica- ful,” said Dr. Vacik. “This facil- For information about the return to its regular schedule, with Sun- The renovation was a joint tion. Dr. Vacik, Norton Campus ity and the expanded health-care Norton program, contact Con- day school meeting at 9:15 a.m. and project using money from the coordinator Jean Ann Wilson, offerings are a testament to that nie Green at (785) 460-4621 or worship at 10:30 a.m. Rally Sunday college, the Dane G. Hansen Norton County Hospital Admin- commitment and to the people Associate Director of Nursing will be Sept. 9 – with the ice cream ma- Foundation, Norton County istrator Rich Miller and Eco- of northwest Kansas. Creating Rebecca Johnson at (785) 460- chine running and a fi sh feed to benefi t commissioners, the Norton nomic Development Executive jobs, caring for the sick and vul- 5444. the Orphan Grain Train from noon to County Community Foundation, Director Scott Sproul also spoke nerable, supporting the commu- 1:30 p.m. For information, call Linda Pabst at 462-3497. Visitors are always welcome. General Motors plans plant expansion Classes set to teach English to residents From “EXPANSION,” Page 1 vestments into the plant in the last 10 years, The Fairfax plant is the largest private Beginning classes for English as a The Star reported. The current plant was employer in Wyandotte County and one of second language will be held from 5:30 and Chevrolet Malibu are assembled. built in 1985. the top 10 employers in the metropolitan to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays The $120 million in bonds would be used Doug Bach, deputy county administrator area, Reardon said. at Golden Plains High School in Rex- to construct the new building. for economic development, said the planned “In my mind,” the mayor said, “this appli- ford. Intermediate and advanced classes Wyandotte County leaders said they be- expansion should ensure the future of the cation and GM’s interest is further affi rma- are set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays lieve more money will be spent to equip plant. tion that the cars being built by the men and and Thursdays at the Thomas County the plant, but they declined to discuss how “The proposal from GM is something that women at Fairfax are some of the best cars Learning Center in Colby, both start- much. would solidify the investment of GM in the being built in the U.S. today.” ing next week. For information, call the GM has put almost $1.9 billion in rein- area for years to come,” he said. Learning Center at (785) 465-7900. State officials to explain National Weather Service Studio clashes with ‘Godfather’ heirs new health plans here Red Flag Warning State offi cials will be in Colby for a Tonight: Mostly clear, with a meeting on KanCare on Monday, Sept. low around 62. South wind 10 to From “STUDIO,” Page 1 cluded book publication rights The estate asked the court to fundamental and critical impor- 24, one of eight to be held across the 15 mph. from the rights that Paramount declare that the estate owns the tance to Puzo and were of the state to provide details about the tran- Friday: Sunny, with a high Paramount said the only right could acquire. book publishing rights to any essence of the 1969 agreement,” sition from the old Medicaid program near 93. Southwest wind 5 to left to the Puzo estate was the They said Paramount also got sequel, that Paramount cannot the lawyers wrote. “More than to KanCare. The session will begin at 6 15 mph becoming east in the right to publish the original nov- nasty in trying to prevent pub- prevent the estate from publish- once, Puzo said, ‘Books are my p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center at Colby afternoon. el “The Godfather” and to pub- lication of the new sequel by ing the book and that Paramount world,’” explaining why Para- Community College. For information, Friday Night: Mostly clear, lish versions and adaptations. contacting the publishers of the does not automatically have fi lm mount didn’t get book rights and call Miranda Steele at (785) 296-5795. with a low around 61. Southeast But the estate’s lawyers dis- book and insisting that neither rights to new books. wouldn’t get them.” wind 10 to 15 mph becoming agree. the publishers nor the estate had “The rights repudiated and southwest after midnight. They said the agreement ex- any right to publish it. violated by Paramount were of ‘World’s Largest Saturday: Sunny, with a high Convoy’ coming near 92. Southeast wind around There’s still time to sign up for the 10 mph. Report says Corn Belt benefits from recent rains Worlds Largest Truck Convoy on Satur- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, day, Sept. 8, supporting the Kansas Spe- with a low around 65. cial Olympics, or for a truck and bike By Jim Suhr “I don’t want the wind,” said Kenneth souri’s status improved nominally, slipping Sunday: Sunny, with a high show starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, AP Business Writer Metcalf, a 75-year-old farmer with nearly nearly 2 percentage points to 97.4 percent. near 96. at the Oasis Travel Center. Saturday, 600 acres of corn and 120 of soybeans yet Indiana’s portion in the two highest drought Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, convoys from Oakley and Goodland ST. LOUIS – Growers in key farm states to harvest near Mechanicsburg, in central conditions rose, up 2.1 percentage points to with a low around 68. will meet in Colby at noon for a parade. punished by the nation’s worst drought in Illinois. “This corn is not at all that stable 39.22 percent. Labor Day: Mostly sunny, Show up at 7:30 a.m. (Central Time) two generations welcomed recent rains that to start with, and we don’t need 50- or Still, the rains may not be much help to with a high near 92. at either starting place for registration. at least for a time soaked their parched crops 60-mile-per-hour winds. It would just break help corn growers. Monday Night: A 30 percent Call Joe Menlick at (785) 443-1682 for and eased the dryness. But with Hurricane the stalks off.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture re- chance of showers and thunder- information about the convoy and truck Isaac’s remnants crawling their way, some Portions of the thirsty Corn Belt that got a ported Monday that 52 percent of that crop storms. Mostly cloudy, with a show; C.W. Hamilton at (785) 462-0964 farmers wonder whether too much relief is good soaking last weekend saw the extent of was listed as being in very poor or poor low around 67. fort the bike show. on the horizon. their drought conditions level off or slightly shape, more than double the status of 19 Tuesday: A 30 percent Isaac, which making landfall Monday on improve, according to a drought-tracking percent in those two categories at this time chance of showers and thunder- the Gulf Coast, has been downgraded to a effort. last year. College lecture series storms. Partly sunny, with a high tropical storm. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map Soybeans, which could benefi t from more to feature Colby native near 90. Forecasters expect it to slide into Mis- released Thursday shows that the section of rains because it’s earlier in the growing sea- Colby native Dr. Mark Hansen will Tuesday Night: A 20 percent souri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio as the continental U.S. in the worst two cate- son than corn, were faring only slightly bet- speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the North- chance of showers and thunder- early as Friday, dumping as much as 12 gories of drought – extreme and exceptional ter, with 17 percent of that crop described as west Kansas Cultural Arts Center at storms. Partly cloudy, with a low inches of rain across the region. – remained relatively unchanged at 23.2 being very poor while an additional 21 per- Colby Community College for the fi rst around 65. That kind of deluge – usually welcomed percent as of Tuesday. cent was poor, the department said. A year Dr. Max Pickerill Lecture of the year. Wednesday: A 20 percent by farmers who are famously at nature’s But thanks to rains last weekend, the ago, just 15 percent of the nation’s soybeans His free talk will be, “Coming Together chance of showers and thunder- mercy – may be too little too late for corn amount of Iowa – the nation’s biggest pro- were in those categories. or Coming Apart: America and the 2012 storms. Partly sunny, with a high growers and could actually work against ducer of corn – in the two worst drought The department said that 6 percent of the Election.” For information, call Dr. Lin- near 85. them by making their fi elds too muddy to classifi cations fell by 9 percentage points nation’s corn harvest was completed as of da Davis-Stephens at (785) 460-5528. accommodate harvesting equipment. Strong to 58.3 percent. Illinois saw a 7 percentage Monday, three times the average at this time Wednesday: High, 97; Low 57 winds could topple drought-weakened point drop-off to 69.6 percent as Kansas’ of year over the previous four growing sea- Precip: Wednesday 0.None Wesleyan church plans stalks. numbers slid 6 points to 90.1 percent. Mis- sons. Month: 1.32 inches Bible study sessions Year: 10.13 inches The Colby Wesleyan Church invites Normal: 16.36 inches women to an eight-week Beth Moore (K-State Experiment Station) Group warns of continued Kansas fire danger Bible study, “Mercy Triumphs,” on Sunrise and Sunset the man and the book of James, Jesus’ Friday 7:12 a.m. 8:16 p.m. MANHATTAN (AP) – Resi- vention and Education Team may create sparks. week alone saw seven fi res that brother. Sessions will run on Wednes- Full moon at 8:58 a.m. dents of drought-stricken Kan- said Wednesday that recent, Meanwhile, the Kansas Forest scorched more than 8,000 acres. days from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the (U.S. Naval Observatory) sas are being urged to continue scattered rain did little to lower Service reports that more than Offi cials say this summer’s church, 320 W. Pine, or from 6:30 to Colby Water Use observing local burn bans as the the threat. 41,000 acres and 26 structures fi res are burning especially hot, 8:15 p.m. at the Pioneer Memorial Li- Wednesday 2,816,000 gal. risk of wildfi res remains high. The Education Team says have burned statewide since making them harder to sup- brary beginning next week. For infor- (Colby Public Works) A multi-agency group called Kansans should be especially May. press. mation, call Joy Rothfuss at 462-8391 the Kansas Wildland Fire Pre- careful using equipment that The agency says the past or e-mail [email protected].

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