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Group to Spearhead Judicial Complex by Heather Alwin Monday Meeting 75¢ COLBY Wednesday February 12, 2014 Volume 125, Number 24 Serving Thomas County since 1888 10 pages FFREEREE PPRESSRESS Group to spearhead judicial complex By Heather Alwin Monday meeting. mously voted to put their efforts behind a jail and with projected operational costs, staffing require- Colby Free Press Commissioner Mike Baughn presented a written court complex that does not include non-court of- ments, a location and more. Baughn said a planning [email protected] plan for the proposed group, including its members fices currently housed in the county courthouse. group, which he thinks should be open to the public, and deadlines. The new complex will likely include a jail, law can address these issues and provide recommenda- Designs and plans for a new Thomas County ju- Although the commissioners had agreed during a enforcement headquarters, court services offices, a tions to the commissioners. dicial complex will be helped along by a soon-to- December meeting to form a committee, Baughn’s courtroom and other judicial services. He also mentioned the need to develop a timeline be-formed criminal justice strategic planning group, proposal was the first detailed plan presented. Baughn said the preliminary plan for the complex Thomas County commissioners decided at their At last week’s meeting, the commissioners unani- needs a new configuration and more details, along See “SPEARHEAD,” Page 2 Politics change as media alters By Sam Dieter Colby Free Press [email protected] A Colby native who has worked for several Kansas politicians re- turned Tuesday night to talk about the role of social media in the po- litical process. Leroy Towns spoke on “The Race for Kansas Governor: Elec- tions in a Social Media World” as part of the Colby Community Col- lege Max Pickerell lecture series. In his lecture to about 50 peo- ple at the college’s Cultural Arts Center, he described how even politicians use social websites like Facebook and Twitter. Afterwards he said he loves social media, but added that using it has some un- expected effects which have not been studied in detail yet, and it Leroy Towns has certainly changed politics for Faces take on life in studio billion citizens. the worse. “I can hear students thinking “That means you citizens have great, we now have hundreds of Art professor Joel lost power,” he told the audience. places to get news,” Towns said. Dugan of Fort Hays With widespread distrust of tra- But even with that new technol- State University was ditional news sources, more and ogy, many students in his classes here for Studio Friday more people get their information have never heard famous speeches last week at Colby about the world they live in from by past American presidents. One Community College, other places. That means Kansans female student of his had no un- talking about painting are living in two worlds: the real derstanding of the women’s rights portraits and chatting world and the world of politics, movement. with students and Towns said, which “no one under- Political groups can now buy local artists. Dugan stands and everybody hates.” ads on Google or Facebook that and Mike Knutson, Television news is in trouble are targeted to users in a specific an adjunct profes- in this country and “print news is area. They pay the websites based sor at Fort Hays done,” said Towns, who worked on how many times a person (above) used Taryn summer jobs for the Colby Free clicks on or “likes” the ad. For Lee, a Colby college Press in the early 60s and went on $2,000 or $3,000, an ad will stay sophomore as their to become a political reporter for on the website for several months. afternoon model. Fri- the Topeka Capital Journal and Those political groups also de- day morning, Dugan then Harris newspapers. He pre- liver political messages straight first demonstrated dicted all newspapers will die out, to the people with social media, his technique on Dr. with small town papers going last. he said, allowing them to send out Greg Nichols, the col- Only 10 percent of Kansas vot- unverified assertions, bypassing lege’s vice president ers, he said, get their informa- the traditional political reporters of academic affairs. tion from traditional newspapers. who used to check the facts behind Fort Hays graduate Twice as many get their informa- what they said. The number of student Katherine tion from cable television, the news statements sent to the pub- Perez (bottom right) same number use broadcast news lic from journalists has dropped to was one who came and 22 percent go to the Internet. around 25 percent, he said. to watch and learn, Only a quarter of conservative “The messages all sides send us along with Connie voters in the state use Fox News are increasingly shrill and polariz- Davis (below, left) as their source of information. ing,” Towns said. and Alice Wolf. Meanwhile, the number of peo- This lets people live with their ple using social media is higher own biases, he added, listening SAM DIETER than it ever was. If Facebook were Colby Free Press a country, he said it would be the third biggest in the world, with 1.2 See “POLITICS,” Page 2 Photo shoot looking for kid The Kansas Children’s Service commissioners have accepted the League is looking for one child challenge. from each county to help them County Commissioner Mike promote April as child abuse pre- Baughn, with the help of County vention month. Clerk Shelly Harms, is searching The organization plans to take for a volunteer between the ages a photograph called “105 Reasons of 3 and 5 who wants to travel to to Prevent Child Abuse” by hav- Topeka for the photo shoot. ing one child from each county No travel expenses are autho- stand in his county on the state rized for the child, but each child Capitol Building’s county map. will receive a T-shirt and lunch. The league asked each county’s The commissioners also plan to commissioners to appoint one pass a resolution at the end of Feb- child as the county’s represen- ruary to officially designate April tative, and the Thomas County as child abuse prevention month in Thomas County. For information or to nominate your child, call Harms at 460- 4500 or Baughn at 694-2278. Page 2 Colby Free Press Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Area/State Weather Group to spearhead complex Briefly From “SPEARHEAD,” Page 1 centered around people who would already be in The deadline for Briefly is noon the day before. Items submitted in the the group because of their positions in the judicial morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline for the project, which he described as “urgent.” He system. for Monday’s paper is noon Friday. wants a chairman appointed by Monday, March 3, But they expanded their suggestions after Fin- participants appointed by Monday, April 7 and an ley mentioned that chairing this group may take a initial meeting held by Monday, May 5. Murder mystery tickets on sale now lot of time – more than the time available to some- The 10th annual murder mystery at the Pioneer Memorial Library will “We’ve had enough paid studies,” Baughn said, one with a full-time job. be “Dead 2 Rights.” For $25 per person, you can help solve a murder while adding it is time to get public involvement and get Steele said he has received an offer from a bond dining in style. Doors open at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 1. Seating is limited, the project underway. salesman to help sell the project to the public, but but tickets are available now. For information, call the library at 460-4470. Commissioner Paul Steele urged Baughn to act Baughn discouraged the idea of having a bond as the chairman of this group, but Baughn said he salesman lead the planning group. thinks the committee should not have a commis- “I think (having a bond salesman) is a good Food allergies topic of Thursday meeting sioner on it since it will be making recommenda- idea but that’s secondary to getting a plan to show “Food Allergy Facts of Life,” a K-State Research and Extension pro- tions to the commission. them to sell,” Baughn said. “First we have to have gram, will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas Coun- Baughn said he does not have a chairperson in a product to sell.” ty Office Complex meeting room. The speaker will be Amy Lorenzen, a mind, but encouraged Steele and Commissioner County Clerk Shelly Harms said she thinks it Golden Prairie Extension District agent. Feel free to bring your lunch to Byron Sowers to think about someone to appoint would be a good idea to look at people who have eat during the program. at an upcoming commission meeting. experience with city or county government who Steele said he wants the sheriff’s office and also have some time they are willing to dedicate College sets meeting on nursing program “someone from the judiciary” to “get some skin in to the project. Colby Community College invites all students interested in its nursing the game publicly,” adding that he doesn’t think Sheriff Rod Taylor, who joined the commis- program to a free session at 1 p.m. next Wednesday in the Health Sciences the project will get off the ground without that sioners later in their meeting, said he sent out Building, room 809. The deadline to apply for the Level I (licensed prac- kind of support.
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