Area/State Colby Free Press Thursday, February 25, 2010 Page 3 Weather School district gets budget advice from citizens Corner From “BUDGET,” Page 1 the statewide sales tax by 1 percent. Things staff as a primer for the discussion. These School board President Janice Frahm said won’t be settled for several months. included closing the kitchen at the grade she was pleased with how many people at- money coming in. “It’s very diffi cult to build a budget when school, increasing student fees for driver tended the meeting and the amount of ideas The district is OK for the rest of the year, you don’t know what’s going to happen,” education, limited watering and mowing they came up with. Harrison said, but next year is a different she said. “We could lose anything from in the summer and eliminating vocational Harrison collected all the ideas at the end story. The state faced a $40 million budget $293,000 to way over a million. We may education. She also provided a summary of and said she will be putting them together defi cit for the rest of this fi scal year, but the not know until May. the current budget. and posting them on the district’s web site, defi cit next year projects at $400 million. “Even if the state keeps the base aid at Someone from the staff – all three princi- www.colbyeagles.com. All eyes are on the Legislature and what it $4,012, we will still have to cut.” pals, district staff and teachers – sat with the If they have to make cuts, Harrison said, will do to balance the budget, she said. After Harrison fi nished, she asked the au- groups. Harrison walked around answering she and the district staff will put together a “I feel for them,” Harrison added, “be- dience to go into the high school commons questions. list of recommendations for the board. cause it is going to be very diffi cult.” and break up into groups of six to eight Ideas the groups discussed included small “We basically have two choices,” she National Weather Service The superintendent said the House Ways to brainstorm ideas. So many people had increases to lunch prices, cutting elective said. “We can (work for) a revenue increase Tonight: Scattered fl urries. and Means Committee has approved a bud- turned out that administrators had to bring classes with low enrollment, bringing all or we can accept the reductions. Cloudy, with a low around 24. get that has no further cuts to education. tables and chairs down from a classroom. student activity fund raisers together and “For us, that means less opportunities for North wind between 5 and 10 The Taxation Committee, however, has re- Harrison put together some of the sug- allowing parents to drive students to events, our kids.” mph. jected Gov. Mark Parkinson’s plan to raise gestions she’d received from students and rather than using a district bus or van. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind be- tween 5 and 15 mph. Corn crop difficult to assess this year Friday Night: Mostly clear, Colby students learn with a low around 23. North wind In typical times, feed-grain U.S. Department of Agriculture Some of the questions that per- around 5 mph becoming west. growers and traders would have data released Jan. 12 estimated sist, he said, include: Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a good idea by now of how the that U.S. corn production in 2009 • The possible impact of low state’s safe driving tips a high near 48. West wind 5 to previous year’s corn production totaled a record 13.2 billion bush- test weights on feed grain use. 10 mph becoming southeast. turned out, but the past year has els, 1 percent above the previous • Quality deterioration of some From “DRIVING,” Page 1 Offi ce, and they called area Saturday Night: Mostly been anything but typical, and that record of 13 billion bushels set in corn supplies currently in storage. schools to see if they might be cloudy, with a low around 28. could affect prices this spring. 2007, and 9 percent higher than • The potential for production and drowsy driving, the dangers interested in presenting the in- Sunday: A 40 percent chance “Given winter conditions since the 2008 harvest. Corn yields losses with as much as 500 million of power windows for children, formation to students. of snow. Cloudy, with a high near late December, combined with reached an all-time high in 2009 to 650 million bushels of corn still weather, animals, emergency Korthanke said that besides 36. high soil moisture levels in the at 165.2 bushels per acre. Planted unharvested. vehicles, rules of the road, us- Mrs. Wagoner’s class, Kevin Sunday Night: A 30 percent central, northern and northwestern area was 86.5 million acres, the • Possible corn crop abandon- ing a cell phone, plus alcohol Cox will teach a class later in chance of snow. Cloudy, with a Corn Belt, it is unlikely that much second highest since 1949 behind ment this spring, due to wet soils and driving. It’s a lot of good the spring at Colby High, and low around 21. corn harvest progress will have only 2007’s 93.5 million acres. and the need for farmers to begin information.” both the high school and junior Monday: A 20 percent chance occurred in time for the March 31 Yet, there is uncertainty about fi eldwork in preparation for plant- Tricia Korthanke of the Re- high in Goodland will take ad- of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a USDA stocks report,” said Dan the fi nal size of the 2009 crop ing the 2010 crop. gional Prevention Center said vantage of the information. high near 38. O’Brien, Kansas State University because the government estimat- More marketing information is her offi ce learned about the free Information about the safety Monday Night: Partly cloudy, agricultural economist in Colby. ed the U.S. corn harvest was 95 available on the K-State Exten- information and teaching mate- offi ce and its materials can be with a low around 19. “Because of the unusually fi erce percent complete as of Dec. 20, sion agricultural economics Web rials being offered through the found at www.ktsro.org, she Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with winter weather that kept some said O’Brien. If 5 percent of the site: www.agmanager.info/. Kansas Traffi c Safety Resource said. a high near 48. farmers from harvesting, the fi nal U.S. crop is still unharvested, that Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, tally on the 2009 corn crop may would amount to approximately with a low around 23. not be certain until the June 30 3.98 million acres. With the year’s Wednesday: Mostly sunny, grain stocks report. If that’s the average U.S. yield of 165.2 bush- with a high near 49. case, it could contribute to greater els per acre, this could amount to L L volatility than usual in the U.S. 657.5 million bushels of the 2009 OCAL TV ISTINGS Wednesday: High, 41; Low 19 corn market this spring and sum- crop still unharvested as the year sponsored by the Precip: Wed. 0.00 inches mer.” began. Month: 0.38 inches Year: 0.87 inches Normal: 0.52 inches (K-State Experiment Station) Colby High students Sunrise and Sunset Friday 7:21 a.m. 6:33 p.m. (U.S. Naval Observatory) earn top piano honors Saturday Evening February 27, 2010 From “PIANO,” Page 1 taking lessons for nine years. It 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Heart Month was her second time at state. 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