Page 2 Colby Free Press Monday, February 6, 2012 Area/State Weather Construction crews busy Briefly Colby schools plan book fairs this month A Scholastic Book Fair is planned at Colby Grade School from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday. A fair at Colby Middle School will be open during school hours and parent-teacher conferences Tuesday through next Monday. For information, call Kelly Draper at 460-5200. Therapist assistants offering massages The Colby Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Club will offer massages by appointment from 5 to 8 p.m. today and Tuesday in Room 804 of the Health Science Building. Cost is $12 for 30 minutes and $22 for 60 minutes; college staff and students get a $2 discount. For infor- mation or an appointment call Marie Wolkomir at 460-4797. Money raised National Weather Service Tonight: A 40 percent chance will help pay for the club to attend a conference. of snow, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Association invites everyone to meeting Blustery, with a north wind 5 to Everyone is invited to the monthly meeting of the Western Kansas Human 10 mph increasing to between Resource Management Association from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday 15 and 20 mph. Winds could at El Dos de Oros, 1950 S. Range in Colby. Ron Alexander, with the Colby gust as high as 30 mph. New Police Department will talk about drugs in the workplace. For information snow accumulation of less than or reservations, call Jim Millensifer at (785) 672-3062 ext. 22. a half inch possible. Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Dr. Regier to talk about her work in Ghana Dr. LaDonna Regier, who has been practicing medicine in Ghana, West Mostly cloudy, with a high near Africa, for the past year, will talk about her experiences at 7 p.m. Thursday 26. Blustery, with a north wind at Trinity Lutheran Church, 855 E. Fifth St. For information, call Linda between 10 and 20 mph, with Pabst at 462-3497. gusts as high as 30 mph. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 10. North wind Youth league signing players for spring between 5 and 10 mph becom- The Colby Area Youth Basketball League is registering players in fi rst ing calm. through sixth grades. Games will be on Saturdays from Feb. 18 to March Wednesday: Sunny, with a 10. Forms are available at Colby Grade School. Call Principal Lance Kran- high near 33. Calm wind becom- nawitter at 460-5864 for information. ing west around 5 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly Enjoy pasta, music at Auxiliary’s dinner clear, with a low around 17. Bring your date for an evening of light music at a spaghetti dinner spon- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with sored by the American Legion Auxiliary from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday a high near 41. Work on at the American Legion Hall, 1859 W. Fourth St. Tickets are $15 for cou- Thursday Night: Mostly ples and $8 for singles for a dinner of spaghetti, salad, green beans, garlic clear, with a low around 19. bread and dessert. Proceeds will go to fi nance the auxiliary’s projects. For Friday: Sunny, with a high in Oakley information, call Tina Hansen at 462-0662. near 39. Construction workers Friday Night: Partly cloudy, (above) were fi nishing part with a low around 19. of the roof of the new Lo- Red Cross blood drive planned in Colby Saturday: Sunny, with a high gan County Rehabilitation There will be a Red Cross blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. near 43. and Wellness Center on 14, and 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the National Guard Saturday Night: Mostly clear, Thursday in Oakley. Work Armory in Colby. Chicken salad sandwiches will be served. Please help with a low around 24. has started (right) on land end the blood shortage. To to www.redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733- Sunday: Sunny, with a high that will hold a new Dollar 2767 to make an appointment. near 51. General store near town. Friday: High, 35; Low 28 Free help with taxes offered by senior group Saturday: High, 34; Low 15 Free tax preparation will be available from experts trained by the Ameri- Sunday: High, 42; Low 16 can Association of Retired Persons’ Tax-Aide program, by appointment Precip: Friday 0.13 inches County hears overtime issue only, on Wednesdays through April 11 at the Colby Community College Saturday 0.Trace library. For an appointment, call Earle Rice at 462-2990. Sunday 0.None From “COUNTY,” Page 1 • Approved transfer requests provided the commissioners Month: 0.37 inches for County Attorney Kevin Beh- with invalid information for the Pool annual premium line item Year: 0.37 inches rens: $2,559 and $1,722 from document. Donations needed soon for ‘Pink’ auction to reimburse the utility line Normal: 0.93 inches the county attorney’s diversion • Approved an annual prog- The Colby Recreation Department needs items for a Pink Silent Auction (K-State Experiment Station) item. A clerical error resulted in fund to his courthouse general ress report from Schrock for the for the Colby Pink Zone on Friday, Feb. 17. All proceeds will help patients Sunrise and Sunset the money being used from the fund. Noxious Weed Department. through the Northwest Kansas Foundation for HOPE. Cosmetics, jewelry, Tuesday 7:46 a.m. 6:11 p.m. wrong fund, said County Clerk • Approved an amended ver- • Approved a fi nal payment clothing, candles, toys, gift certifi cates, sports equipment, home décor and Full Moon at 3:55 p.m. Shelly Harms. sion of Resolution 2012-7 due for the courthouse restoration to the like are welcome, said Director Stacy Lee, and the items do not have to Wednesday 7:45 a.m. 6:12 p.m. • Approved the county payroll to a clerical error on the original Stockton Restoration Co. Jake be pink. There will be a bake raffl e on Wednesday, Feb. 15. For informa- Moon: waning, 99 percent and accounts payable for Janu- and rescinded Resolution 2012- and Joe Stockton attended the tion, contact Lee at 460-4440. She needs auction items by Thursday, Feb. (U.S. Naval Observatory) ary. 8 because the City of Colby meeting, showing the commis- 16. sioners the fi nal product of the courthouse steps. The contrac- tors also told the commissioners Random Acts of Kindness Week coming Ice fisherman rescued – two times about a maintenance plan they The Thomas County Community Foundation is promoting “Random have and the commissioners Acts of Kindness Week” from next Monday to Sunday, Feb. 19, to chal- STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) – An Illinois ice drifting away. lenge residents, businesses and organizations to perform small charitable fi sherman had to be rescued off the shore of Green Vandertie says rescuers used spotlights and an said they would contact them if they decide to do it. deeds. If you catch someone doing good, report them to Melinda Olson at Bay – for a second time. infl atable raft to reach the man about 600 yards the foundation at 460-9152. Photos may be e-mailed to [email protected]. Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Chief Curt offshore. Vandertie says the fi sherman was unaware the ice The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports (http:// had broken away and he was drifting away at about gbpg.net/wzj85T) he told rescuers he had been We want your local news: Seniors plan potluck at Presbyterian Church 5:30 a.m. Sunday. fi shing for about two hours. e-mail to The group More Fun Together plans a potluck for people 50 or older He says it’s the second year in a row the fi sher- Vandertie says the man, from Elmhurst, Ill., colby.editor @ nwkansas. who are alone, widowed, divorced, separated or who have partners in nurs- man found himself in that predicament. would receive a bill this time for the cost of the com ing homes on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Tuesday, March 13, at the First Pres- Bystanders called 911 to report the man was rescue. byterian Church. Bring a dish to share; table service and beverages will be provided. For information, call 462-6342. 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