The MIDWEEK Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 81, Number 17 12 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 weather report Fatal wreck on I-70 early Monday The roads in Sherman County 30° proved more dangerous Monday 10 a.m. morning than they had been dur- Monday ing last weeks’ blizzard. Snow began falling late Sunday, leaving Today roads icy and snowpacked Monday • Sunset, 5:36 p.m. morning. Wednesday At 7:56 a.m. Monday, emergency • Sunrise, 6:23 a.m. medical technicians, fire rescue • Sunset, 5:37 p.m. vehicles and Highway Patrol troop- ers were called to the scene of a Midday Conditions one-vehicle rollover on I-70 at • Soil temperature 33 degrees mile post 13. The vehicle had rolled • Humidity 75 percent into the median and came to rest • Sky partly cloudy on its wheels. The reporting party • Winds north 20 mph described the accident as possibly • Barometer 30.01 inches fatal. A firefighter on scene said and falling the driver of the vehicle was in bad • Record High today 71° (1896) condition. • Record Low today -6° (1960) A second ambulance was paged out at 8:02. At 8:12, the ambulance Last 24 Hours* crew reported they were taking two High Sunday 30° patients to the hospital. One was Low Sunday 26° “code blue,” meaning the patient Precipitation 0.04 was in either cardiac or respiratory This month 0.78 arrest. Rescue personnel reported Year to date 0.85 they were attempting cardiopulmo- Above normal 0.06 inches nary resuscitation. The ambulance The Topside Forecast reached Goodland Regional Medi- Today: Partly sunny with a 20 cal Center at 8:25. The patient was percent chance of snow after 4 declared dead at the hospital. p.m., a high near 34, winds north- Earlier in the day, a Highway west at 10 to 30 with wind chills as Patrol trooper in Sherman County law as -10 and a low around 18. had reported the driving lane on Wednesday: Mostly sunny with a I-70 was icy and the passing lane high near 32, winds breezy out of was partially snow packed. Rescue personnel worked to get a recreational vehicle back onto have resulted in several slide-offs. There was also a fatal accident the northwest at 15 to 25 mph and Traffic accidents in Sherman I-70 near Ruleton on Friday. The snowstorms over the past week Monday morning. Photo by Brenda Aumiller Smith a low around 13. County were relatively light from Extended Forecast the Wednesday-Thursday storm. slide-offs, tows, abandoned vehicles Rain, Hail and Snow Network, an evening. vice has recorded 22.7 inches of Thursday: Mostly sunny with Several slide-offs were reported and stranded motorists. organization of citizens who post Sunday’s snowfall came from the snow since Dec. 1. a high near 34 and a low around on I-70. Things were worse further The National Weather Service precipitation reports, recorded opposite direction, hitting areas of The Weather Service is predicting 16. Friday: Mostly sunny with a east, with an injury accident north- recording 4.5 inches of snow on snowfall of 10-11 inches. Colorado and Wyoming first before a slight chance of snow tonight, but high near 37 and a low around 21. west of Oakley on Wednesday Wednesday and 7.4 inches on Thurs- I-70 was shut down from east to heading into Kansas and Nebraska. sunny and clear with highs in the 30s Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high The Highway Patrol reported 15 day for a total of 11.9. Winds got as west for several hours Thursday. It Snowfall began in Goodland late for the rest of the week. near 44 and a low around 24. injury crashes across Kansas, with high as 38 mph, dropping visibility was closed eastbound from Colby Sunday evening, resulting in about (National Weather Service) Get 24-hour weather info. at 162.400 MHz. 106 non-injury crashes and 1,454 to a quarter-mile in some places. to Goodland at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. six tenths of an inch. Wind speeds motorist assist calls, which includes The Community Collaborative The road was re-opened later that reached 32 mph. The Weather Ser- Lighting the candles local markets 10 a.m. Wheat — $6.95 bushel Posted county price — $7.08 Corn — $6.97 bushel Posted county price — $6.98 Milo — $6.52 bushel Soybeans — $13.60 bushel Posted county price — $14,30 Millet — no bid Sunflowers Oil current crop — $23.75 cwt. Confection — no bid Pinto beans — $28 (Markets by Scoular Grain, Sun Opta, Frontier Ag and 21st Century Bean. These may not be closing figures. ) inside today More local news, views from your Goodland Star-News Current National Honor Society member Gunner Helton lit the candle for leader- Auditorium. Nineteen new members were inducted into the society. ship at the Induction Ceremony on Friday, Feb. 18, at the Goodland High School Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News Goodland man to lead Lions Suspect charged Don Keihl of the Goodland Division, General Motors Cor- governor during 2007-2008 when Cowboy Lions Club was chosen to serve poration, in Flint. He then served the district failed to elect a new as the first vice district 31 years as a civilian governor. Keihl is now serving a in Colby murder case junior places governor at the Feb. 17 employee with the three-year assignment as Global district convention in United States Air Force Membership Team chairman. He William Andrew Shank, 24, Gar- Judge Glenn Schiffner was set for at second at state Dodge City. in Denver, where he also serves as the current secre- den City, has been formally charged 10 a.m. Tuesday. Keihl will begin his was a developer, imple- tary for Goodland Lions Club. with murder in Thomas County The defendant has been held here Goodland High School term of office on July 1. menter, and manager Keihl is widowed. His spouse, District Court in connection with since shortly after his arrest the day wrestler Colton Cooper He was born and raised of automated financial Mary, was very active in Lions the Feb. 9 death of 27-year-old Teri of the killing near Lenora in Phillips placed second at the Class near Ann Arbor, Mich. systems. He retired in Clubs for over 40 years, serving L. Morris in Colby. County. He was held overnight in the 4A State Wrestling Tourna- After high school gradu- 1993. as club president of both a Lions A statement from Don Brown, Phillips County Jail and transferred ment on Saturday in Salina. ation, he attended Baker Keihl became a Lions Club and a Lioness Club. communications director for Kansas to Colby the next day. eight other Cowboys quali- Business University in Don Keihl Club member in 1968. At the Kansas Lions State Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Morris was found near death in fied for state. Flint, Mich., earning Over the years, he has Convention in 2012, Keihl was said Schmidt filed charges today her burning home after firemen were See page 11 a business degree in served in all club officer awarded the International Presi- against Shank for first-degree mur- called to put out a fire. Her 9-month- 1950. He later earned an account- positions, including three times dent’s Leadership Award Medal der, aggravated arson and aggravated old daughter was missing but was ing and finance degree in 1955 at as a club president. He served as for outstanding service to Kansas burglary. found safe later in the day. the University of Michigan. district governor of 17-K4 – the Lions Clubs. Shank is being held in the Thomas Brown said the attorney general’s Keihl was employed for 13 northwest Kansas district – dur- County Jail on a $1 million bond. office would make no additional years as an accountant and bud- ing the 2006-2007 Lions year, First appearance before District comment at this time. get officer with AC Spark Plug and remained as acting district about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, February 26, 2013 friends card shower The children of Loretta Boying- the calendar obituaries ton are requesting a card shower for her 90th birthday on Sunday, March Elizabeth Schmidt 3. Cards may be sent to her at 418 W. calendar Lodge in Hoxie. For information apple slices, bread and pudding. Friday 12th, Goodland, Kan. 67735. Participating in the Sherman call (785) 462-3915 or visit www. : Pasta salad with ham Elizabeth “Bett” Schmidt, 86, Bateman Funeral Home, 211 E. County health challenge? Look- gmd4.org. and vegetables, gelatin with fruit, Kanorado resident, died Sunday, 11th, Goodland is handling the ar- genesis and Friday, March 8, and Sat- ing for a fun exercise program? On breadstick and cookie. Feb. 24, 2013. rangements. urday, March 9 salvation army Try beginning line dance! Mon- , the Mothers of school menu A full obituary will follow. Preschoolers is sponsoring Sepia Genesis and Salvation Army are days 6 p.m. For more information Splash Children’s Portraits with Today: Breakfast - star span- available year round to help those in call 890-2688. Ellen Bartlett vintage attire and props at the gled pancakes, sausage links, fuit need. Please call 785-890-2299 to Prairie Land Food sign up will First Baptist Church, 1121 Main. juice and milk. Lunch - stromboli, Ellen “Marie” Bartlett, 77, retired dery until her failing health stopped speak to a volunteer. be until Monday, March. 11. spinach salad, fresh carrots, fresh City of Burlington deputy city clerk, her.