Page 2 Colby Free Press Friday, November 8, 2013 Area/State WWeathereather College’s talent show BBrieflyriefly The deadline for Briefl y is noon the day before. Items submitted in the morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline highlights homecoming for Monday’s paper is noon Friday. Ten contestants participated Firemen selling tickets for benefit in a Talent Show held by Colby The Colby Fire Department is selling tickets for a Henry lever-action Community College Tuesday .22-caliber rifl e. The drawing for the rifl e will be Tuesday at Colby High in the Cultural Arts Center. The during a soup supper for Brennen Ostmeyer’s medical expenses. For infor- show is one of several events mation, talk to a fi refi ghter or call the department at 460-4454. scheduled during Homecoming Week at the college. Trinity Lutheran craft bazaar this weekend The winners of the event Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual craft bazaar will be open from 9 a.m. National Weather Service were Haley Hake and Paige to noon Saturday in the church Fellowship Hall. The Lutheran Youth Fel- Tonight: Mostly clear, with Roopchan. Hake played violin lowship will be selling calendars, notepads, Dillons grocery cards, baked a low around 34. East wind and Roopchan played the piano goods, turkeys and plaques. There will be lots of goodies. Stop by and get around 5 mph becoming north- while she sang “You Raise Me a head start on Christmas. Questions, call Linda Pabst at 462-3497. west after midnight. Up.” Saturday: Sunny, with a high Second place went to Jo-elle near 59. North wind around 5 Endreola for her contemporary Free lunch offered at church on Saturday Once a Month Lunch will be served from 11:30 to 12:30 Saturday at mph becoming east in the after- ballet performance to “Ain’t No the First Presbyterian Church, 515 W. Fourth St. This free meal is always noon. Sunshine.” The third place win- the second Saturday of each month. For questions, call the church at 462- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, ner was Natalie Morris for her 6342. with a low around 32. South vocal of “Turning Tables.” The wind 5 to 10 mph. Judges award was presented to Sunday: Sunny, with a high 5-year-old Colby Jay Kriss who Hunt breakfast will benefit Scout project near 62. South wind 10 to 15 played “The Swing: Halloween” Hunters – and everyone else – are welcome to enjoy sausage gravy, mph. on the piano. biscuits and scrambled egg from 5:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Colby Sunday Night: Mostly clear, The program was produced United Methodist Church, corner of Pine and Franklin. Donation will ben- with a low around 37. by the Student Government efi t an Eagle Scout project. For information, call Jan Barnum at 462-5892. Veterans Day: Sunny, with a Association. Judges included high near 58. Kenton Krehbiel, college board Veterans honored at Hometown Show Monday Night: Partly cloudy, member; Sharon Funk, Colby Pickin’ on the Plains will present a Hometown Gospel Show tribute to with a low around 29. Free Press; Melinda Cheney, veterans at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Frahm Theatre at Colby Community Col- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with Uptown Style co-owner; and DEBBIE SCHWANKE/Colby Community College lege. Tickets are $10 at the door; children under 12 free with an adult. a high near 38. Christy Sturdy, Colby High Haley Hake, (left) and Paige Roopchan performed Tuesday Veterans admitted free. For information, call the Colby Convention and Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, School instructor. at the Colby Community College talent show. Visitors Bureau at 460-7643. with a low around 26. Homecoming activities con- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, tinue Thursday through Satur- Hall of Fame inductees Union. They will also be recog- with a high near 45. day with the Ambassador Clas- Darvin Strutt, Dr. Larry and nized at the game on Saturday Landfill to close Monday for Veterans Day Wednesday Night: A slight sic basketball tournament. The Joyce Washburn, Bruce Siem- evening. In addition, homecom- The Thomas County Landfi ll will be closed Monday for Veterans Day. chance of rain and snow show- Lady Trojans will play at 6 p.m. sen and Joyce Hansen will be ing royalty will be announced at For questions, call Larry Jumper at 462-8139. ers. Mostly cloudy, with a low followed by the men at 8 p.m. recognized at a luncheon on the Saturday games. around 29. Chance of precipita- on those days. Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the Prairie Land group offers budget food tion is 20 percent. Make your grocery budget go farther with food packages from Prairie Thursday: A slight chance of Land Food. Buy regular food packages and special November packages rain and snow showers. Partly like the Thanksgiving meal deal. Order must be placed by Monday at State sunny, with a high near 45. Fall harvest below average Farm Insurance, 462-7525, or with Alberta Cameron at 443-3239 or Carol Chance of precipitation is 20 Raile at 443-3089. percent. From “HARVEST,” Page 1 “Pretty easy to say dryland corn yields are low,” Roehl said, “about like last year, probably.” Thursday: High, 58; Low 30 (corn) crop,” said Hi-Plains Co-Op Manager John This means yields anywhere from zero to 20 Colby Grade School plans soup supper Precip: Thursday 0.None Strecker. “Milo’s less than average, but not way bushels an acre, he said. The dryland milo crop Come to the Colby High School commons from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday for Month: 0.38 inches less.” saw the same yields. The test weight for milo a soup supper and silent auction benefi t sponsored by Colby Grade School Year: 14.44 inches He said the corn crop is about 40 percent of nor- showed a lower density because of heat at the end for Jason and Leann Ostmeyer. Their 20-month-old son Brennen is fi ght- Normal: 20.03 inches mal, and milo is about 60 percent. of August. ing rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. The winner of a rifl e from (K-State Experiment Station) Eric Sperber, a manager at Cornerstone Ag, Irrigated corn was also varied, he said, but in the Colby Fire Department will be announced. For information about the Sunrise and Sunset said some dryland corn was a complete loss. Ir- general much lower than farmers hoped for. rifl e, call Fire Chief Bob McLemore 443-6065. Questions about the soup Saturday 7:22 a.m. 5:34 p.m. rigated corn yields have been average – which Farmer Mike Brown said he has seen yields of supper, call the school offi ce at 460-5100. First quarter moon at 11:58 p.m. he described at 190 to 210 bushels an acre – or between 20 and 40 bushels an acre on his farm in Sunday 7:23 a.m. 5:33 p.m. above. southwest Thomas County. Dryland corn yields Sign up now for holiday food basket Moon: waxing, 56 percent Kiel Roehl is the northwest Kansas farm man- have ranged from nothing to 30 bushels, Brown Monday 7:24 a.m. 5:34 p.m. Genesis-Thomas County Food Bank plans to distribute holiday baskets Moon: waxing, 66 percent agement economist for the Kansas Farm Manage- said, and he does not have irrigated corn. He is for Thomas County families. If you’d like a basket, pick up a form at the (U.S. Naval Observatory) ment Association. He has heard a variety of num- a past board member for Thomas County Exten- offi ce, 350 S. Range, Suite 13, from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Wednes- bers concerning corn and milo yields. sion. days, the Pioneer Memorial Library, Thomas County Health Department and the state Department for Children and Families, or call 460-7930 and leave a message. Genesis needs nonperishable food items and money to fi ll baskets. Bring Major typhoon sweeps Philippines donations to the offi ce, 350 S. Range (open Wednesdays), Leroy’s Printing downtown or participating churches. Checks may be sent to Genesis, Box From “TYPHOON,” Page 1 is often the main cause of deaths approach during crises, supervis- The storm “unleashed fi erce 214, Colby, Kan., 67701. Organizations planning a food drive are asked to from typhoons. ing evacuations, inspecting shel- winds and harsh rains that up- leave a message at the offi ce, 460-7930. “I hope that means they were “It has helped that the typhoon ters and efforts to stockpile food rooted big trees and toppled For information, call Leisa Hansen at 460-2710. spared and not the other way blew very fast in terms of pre- and relief supplies. electric poles and power lines,” around,” he said. “My worst fear venting lots of casualties,” re- President Benigno Aquino III said Aaron Aspi, a spokesman is there will be massive loss of gional military commander Lt. assured the public of war-like for World Vision in Bohol. Seniors plan potluck at Presbyterian Church lives and property.” Gen. Roy Deveraturda said. He preparations, with three C-130 From Samar, the typhoon bat- The group More Fun Together plans a potluck for people 50 or older Eduardo del Rosario, head of said the massive evacuation of air force cargo planes and 32 tered Leyte, then the northern who are alone, widowed, divorced, separated or have a partner in a nursing the disaster response agency, said villagers before the storm also military helicopters and planes part of Cebu and nearby islands home at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Bring a dish to a powerful typhoon that also hit saved many lives. on standby, along with 20 navy before lashing Panay – islands share; table service and beverage will be provided. For information, call the central Philippines in 1990 The Philippines, which is hit ships. with some of the best beach re- Wyn Duffey at 462-6342. killed 508 people and left 246 by about 20 typhoons and storms Among the evacuees were sorts in the Philippines. missing, but this time authorities a year, has in recent years be- thousands of residents of Bohol As of 8 p.m., the typhoon was had ordered pre-emptive evacua- come more serious about prepa- who had been camped in tents tion and other measures to mini- rations to reduce deaths. Public and other makeshift shelters mize casualties. service announcements are fre- since a magnitude-7.2 earth- He said the speed at which the quent, as are warnings by the quake hit the island province last typhoon sliced through the cen- president and high-ranking of- month. tral islands – 25 mph – helped fi cials that are regularly carried Relief workers said they were prevent its 375-mile band of rain on radio and TV and social net- struggling to fi nd ways to deliver clouds from dumping enough working sites. food and other supplies, with Sponsored by the of their load to overfl ow water- Provincial governors and roads blocked by landslides and ways. Flooding from heavy rains mayors have taken a hands-on fallen trees. 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