The WEEKEND Friday, August 29, 2014 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 82, Number 69 8 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside Why did the turkeys cross the road? today More local news, views from your Goodland Star-News Girl places at rodeo event Nicole Sederstrom placed fifth and sixth in the world This flock of wild turkeys was spotted crossing County Road 65 near Sugar Hills man County between two management units, 1 and 4. Unit 4, which includes the at a rodeo event in Pueblo, Golf Course. Turkey season in Kansas will be from Oct. 1 to Dec. 2, and Dec. 15 southern half of the county, will be closed this fall. Unit 1, which includes the northern Colo., in June. to Jan. 31. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism divides Sher- half of the county, will be open for hunting.Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News See Page 8 weather Storms drop one inch of rain here It’s been a stormy week for the of rain fell in about 15 minutes. report tri-state area. Some small hail was reported in The National Weather Service in Logan and Yuma counties. Goodland is reporting just under one Tuesday’s heavier rain filled the 42° inch of rain since Sunday, mostly retaining pool in Pioneer Park and 10 a.m. falling in the evenings. left standing water and muddy roads Thursday Storms on Sunday dropped .02 in many places around the county. inches of rain in Goodland, with .12 Hail was reported about eight miles Today falling on Monday, .71 on Tuesday south of Goodland. Torrential rain- • Sunset, 7:21 p.m. and .09 on Wednesday. Goodland fall dropped visibility to about 50 Saturday is at 13.89 inches for the year, 1.75 yards. • Sunrise, 6:14 a.m. inches below the normal for this On Monday, hail was reported • Sunset, 7:20 p.m. time of year. in Wichita and Wallace counties, Midday Conditions Wednesday afternoon, spotters with golf-ball size hail reported near • Soil temperature 70 degrees in Rawlins county reported the Weskan. There were also reports • Humidity 68 percent Beaver Creek, which also runs of three to four inches of water • Sky mostly sunny through Sherman County, was out on county roads between Sharon • Winds northwest 14 mph of its banks. Flash floods were also Springs and the Wichita County • Barometer 30.03 inches reported in Gove, Logan, Sheridan line. That area received an estimated and steady and Graham counties in Kansas and two inches of rain in a one-hour Rainfall Tuesday night filled the retaining pool at Pioneer Park (above), and left pools of water in • Record High today 99° (1954) in Yuma County, Colo. In Logan period. ditches and fields around the county (below). There is a slight chance for more rain over the weekend. • Record Low today 41° (1917) County, a spotter reported 1.8 inches Photos by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News Last 24 Hours* High Wednesday 81° Low Wednesday 61° Precipitation 0.09 This month 2.75 Year to date 13.89 Below normal 1.75 inches The Topside Forecast Today: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 a.m., a high near 85, winds out of the northwest at 5 to 10 mph switch- ing to the north and a low around 56. Saturday: Sunny with a high near 86 with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms at night, a high near 86, winds out of the south at 10 to 30 mph and a low around 61. Extended Forecast Sunday: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon, a high near 86 and a low around 58. Monday: Sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunder- storms and a high near 81. Girl’s quickbread Arrest made in murder business is taking off of former Goodland resident local By Kevin Bottrell & Ice Cream Shop. Artzer is now An arrest has been made in the murder of former saying a “hit” had been put on Tockey. [email protected] selling the mixes on consignment Goodland resident Rolland Tockey. After an interview with Perez, a witness told au- markets Goodland teenager Jade Artzer at Westport and also Designs Un- The Arizona Republic reports that investigators in thorities Perez said he had “killed a child molester and is finding success in the business limited, as well as taking them to Maricopa County, Ariz., arrested Nathan Carl Perez, needed help getting rid of the body” and that there were 10 a.m. world with “Made by Jade,” a the farmers market. 41, earlier this week, alleging that he shot Tockey at bloody rags and towels at Perez’s house. A search war- Wheat — $6.05 bushel selection of quickbread mixes. “It does pretty good,” she said. a home in Peoria, Ariz., and then dumped the body in rant turned up that evidence. Posted county price — $5.73 Artzer, 13, said she has been “I’ve had people from Texas a canal. The body was found Aug. 20 in the canal just Police also arrested Perez’s wife, Billie Jean Perez, Corn — $3.78 bushel selling the bread mixes for about come back a couple times to get outside the city limits. for hindering prosecution. She has since been released Posted county price — $3.46 a year and a half. it.” Tockey had recently spent six months in jail on a while Perez’s bond was set at $750,000. Milo — $3.25 bushel “It started from a ‘framily’” Meyers and Bill Peterson domestic assault conviction. The victim in that case had Tockey lived in Goodland for several years prior to Soybeans — $10.60 bushel recipe,” she said. “That’s friends helped mentor Artzer, helping her sent a message to Tockey’s mother while he was in jail, 2014, working as a contractor. Posted county price — $11.94 who are close enough to be fam- learn how to package the mixes Millet — no bid ily.” and follow the requirements Sunflowers There are 13 flavors includ- Artzer got a gold medal at FC- Organization plans dance on Sept. 6 Oil current crop — $16.10 cwt. ing beer bread, garlic bread and CLA nationals last school year Confection — no bid cream soda bread. Artzer said she for her business portfolio. For Developmental Services of and include pulled pork and several 1113 Eisenhower in Norton for six Pinto beans — $32 (new crop) Northwest Kansas will be holding sides, with the dance at 8:30 p.m individuals served by the program (Markets by Scoular Grain, Sun Opta, is planning a gluten-free line of that project, she made a business Frontier Ag and 21st Century Bean. bread mixes. plan that included information on a special dinner and dance on Sat- featuring the music of Mark Nebel who have developmental disabili- These may not be closing figures. ) After deciding she wanted to costs, rules, taxes and more. urday, Sept. 6, to raise money and and the MarKey Band. Donations ties. This home will be fully acces- begin a college fund, Artzer be- Recently, Artzer, with help awareness for its Our Place project will be accepted for dinner; cost of sible in a single family residential gan selling the mixes at a Christ- from her mother and a family in Norton. the dance in $5. There will also be location and is designed to blend mas craft fair, and got noticed by friend, set up a website for the At the Eagles Lodge, 16614 a silent auction and a drawing to into the fabric of the neighborhood. Anne Meyers from Westport Grill business: madebyjadeks.com. Eagles Road in Norton, dinner will win a Traeger grill. Our Place is a For information contact: Steve be at 5:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) replacement group home located at Keil at (785) 625-5678. about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Friday, August 29, 2014 friends card shower matters of record The family of Jo Mann have re- the calendar quested a card shower to celebrate District Court $153. her 91st birthday on Sunday, Aug. These are cases decided by the Dawn O. Urgo, speeding, fined 31. Cards may be sent to her at 1619 calendar www.prairielandfood.com. The Whole wheat bagel with toppings, Goodland District Court: $228. Caldwell, Goodland, Kan. 67735. Jodie Tubbs of the Kansas Prairie Pak will have whole bone- fruit, fruit juice and milk. Lunch June 19: Gregory E. Cure, speed- June 25: Ahmed Dardeirahmed, Commission on Veterans Af- less ham, chicken nuggets, bacon, - Spaghetti, spinach salad, garlic genesis and Thursday ing, fined $153. speeding, fined $222. fairs will be in Goodland from meat balls, diced chicken and a bread, fruit and milk. : Kyle L. Franz, speeding, fined Robert Evans Johnson, speeding, salvation army 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the variety of seasonal fresh fruits and Breakfast - Breakfast pita with vegetables. The specials are beef salsa, fruit, fruit juice and milk. $177. fined $171. Genesis and Salvation Army are Assembly Room on the third floor burgers, steak box, smoked half Lunch - Taco salad, chips and sal- Daryl E. Miller, speeding, fined Andre Michael Kent, speeding, available year round to help those in of the courthouse to help veterans chickens, salmon fillets and white sa, refried beans, cinnamon puff, $264. fined $201. need. Call (785) 890-2299 to speak and dependents with claims. Call velvet vanilla cupcakes. fruit and milk. Friday: Breakfast Gregory L. Nemechek, unlawful Donovan Williams McGlory, to a volunteer.