Area/State Colby Free Press Monday, November 15, 2010 Page 3 Weather Right flank may cause trouble for Brownback Corner From “BROWNBACK,” Page 1 and Parkinson pushed through tax increases lation creating a path to citizenship for il- social services with federal stimulus dol- to deal with budget problems. legal immigrants. Others were upset last lars. Offi cials don’t expect additional stim- won, and they want results and have set the Brownback talked frequently during his year when he voted to confi rm Sebelius, an ulus money, leaving a $492 million gap in bar pretty high.” successful campaign about keeping taxes abortion rights supporter, as U.S secretary the budget for the fi scal year beginning July Brownback himself concedes that he’s and government spending in check. He said of health and human services. 1. the most conservative governor at least recently that he’d like to cut individual in- Brownback’s transition team includes Subtracting an additional $370 million in since Democrat Robert Docking, who un- come taxes to spur economic growth. some moderates, most notably former state sales tax revenues would require deep cuts seated Republican Gov. Bill Avery in 1966. He’s also gained some national attention Rep. Kenny Wilk of Lansing, and Senate – and 88 percent of the state’s revenues go Avery had established an income tax with- on social issues. He’s a strong opponent of Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jay to education and social services. holding system and boosted taxes to help abortion and gay marriage and, as a U.S. Emler, a Lindsborg Republican who sup- The governor-elect said Kansas can’t public schools. senator, pursued issues such an allegedly ported this year’s tax increase. grow its economy if it’s perceived as a National Weather Service The new governor is a sharp break with “activist” judiciary and the perceived need Brownback isn’t backing repeal of the high-tax state. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with those who’ve held offi ce over the past 15 for a new “family hour” for television. sales tax increase next year because it But he added, “Having said that, we’ve a low around 27. Northwest years, Republican Bill Graves and Demo- But a few Kansas conservatives have would make budgeting a lot more diffi cult. got to balance our budget.” wind around 10 mph. crats Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkin- privately doubted Brownback at least since In its current budget, the state is sustain- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with son. They vetoed anti-abortion bills; Graves 2006, when he supported bipartisan legis- ing aid to public schools and spending on a high near 55. West wind be- tween 5 and 15 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Beekeeper generates a buzz Fund raiser gets Blustery, with a southwest wind From “BEEKEEPER,” Page 1 onto the screen and man collects plus and can be harvested around 10 to 20 mph becoming north- it, being careful to not take too Labor Day. west. Winds could gust as high he said, because they help polli- much of it so that the bees will Wood said farmers are doing a big turnout Saturday as 30 mph. nate food plants like melons, vin- have enough left to raise their good job of keeping the fi elds and From “TURNOUT,” Page 1 Wednesday: Mostly sunny, The Midwest Ford Dealers Ad- ing crops, green beans, soy beans young. creek bottoms clean, so there’s not with a high near 44. Breezy, with vertising Association is offering and many fruit and nut trees, plus Wood said when the worker the numbers of wild fl owers and a north wind 20 to 25 mph de- lunch of hotdogs and chips and yet another $6,000 if there are alfalfa and other food plants, both bees decide to replace their queen, weeds there have been in the past, creasing to between 10 and 15 culinary arts students at Colby lots of hits on the event’s Face- for humans and animals. they select about 10 freshly laid and the environment for bees is mph. Winds could gust as high Community College provided book page, facebook.com/dri- Wood says he has 12 hives scat- eggs to raise a new queen. It takes not quite as friendly as it used to as 35 mph. snacks. veone4urschool. tered around town in the summer, 14 days for a queen to hatch, but be. However, the federal Natural Wednesday Night: Mostly The event doesn’t end with The event took a lot of work, with a peak population of 60,000 21 days for a worker bee to hatch. Resources and Conservation Ser- clear, with a low around 21. Saturday’s driving, however. Tubbs said, but the dealership bees to a hive. The population The fi rst queen to hatch will vice does have programs to en- Thursday: Sunny, with a high Colby High student Audra would probably participate if may go down to 10,000 in the make a sound and others, still in courage to plant pollinator plots. near 57. Fleming is creating a video, selected again. Tubbs and Sons winter, though. their wax cell will answer. The “Bees are a fl owering plants’ Thursday Night: Mostly some of which she shot Satur- was one of 400 out of 6,000 He said the queen bee lays eggs fi rst to hatch will then tear open best friends,” Wood said, “and clear, with a low around 28. day. If the video is chosen out Ford dealers nationwide to have from February through Memorial the wax cells to kill the competi- they are an interesting and classic Friday: Sunny, with a high of 50 entries, Ford will donate the promotion. She said there Day to prepare for summer, when tors who answered, and will fi ght example of God’s creativity in His near 60. another $6,000 to the schools. weren’t many others in Kansas. the hive needs at lease 50,000 to the death to keep her status. creation.” Friday Night: Mostly clear, bees. A good queen bee can lay Bees are known to have caught with a low around 27. 1,500 eggs a day, he added, but a ride on sailing ships from Eu- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with not all will hatch and when they rope and migrated to the Midwest a high near 52. do, not all will survive. before the white man came. They Saturday Night: Partly Bees go through diffi cult life can travel on semitrailer trucks, LOCAL TV LISTINGS cloudy, with a low around 25. cycles, he explained. Nurse bees railroad cars and barges. The Eu- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a feed the larvae and house bees ropean bee is the most common sponsored by the high near 50. transfer nectar from worker bee honey bee. All bees have a defen- Friday: High, 39; Low 18 larvae to the comb. sive instinct if their home or self Saturday: High, 49; Low 26 When it gets extremely hot, is threatened, Wood said, but nor- Sunday: High, 49; Low 19 there are bees whose only pur- mally bees don’t go looking for Precip: Friday 0.01 inches pose is to fan their wings to cool trouble. Saturday 0.00 inches the hive. The forage bee is the Their normal foraging range is Sunday 0.00 inches last cycle of the bees, he said, about a two-mile radius from the Month: 0.19 inches and their mortality rate is higher. hive, but bees can cover an entire Year: 18.13 inches Many meet their death on a car’s town to get good pollen and nec- Tuesday Evening November 16, 2010 Normal: 19.95 inches windshield on their way back to tar. The main plant sources in this 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 (K-State Experiment Station) the hive with nectar. area, Wood said, are clover, alfalfa KAKE/ABC No Ordinary Family Dancing With Stars Detroit 1-8-7 Local Nightline Jimmy Kimmel Live Sunrise and Sunset KBSL/CBS “Bees make the wax cells for and Russian sage with it’s purple NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles The Good Wife Local Late Show Letterman Late Tuesday 7:29 a.m. 5:29 p.m. KSNK/NBC The Biggest Loser Parenthood Local Tonight Show w/Leno Late Wednesday 7:30 a.m. 5:28 p.m. storing their honey by mixing bloom, which is plentiful all sum- KSAS/FOX Glee Raising Raising Local (U.S. Naval Observatory) nectar and an enzyme secreted by mer, plus summer fl owers grown Cable Channels a gland near their jaws, and it’s in yards around town. 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