The MIDWEEK Tuesday, June 8, Goodland Star-News 2021 1205฀Main฀Avenue,฀Goodland,฀KS฀67735฀฀•฀฀Phone฀(785)฀899-2338 $1 Volume 89, Number 45 8 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside New faces today file in city More local news, views from your Goodland Star-News election Goodland will see some new faces on the city commission fol- lowing this year’s election as four new candidates have filed for the three open seats. The filing deadline for the Nov. 2 General Election, which includes Goodland City Commission, School Board and Kanorado positions, was last Wednesday, though candidates may still run write-in campaigns. Paige Harper, Jason Showalter, Ann Myers and Brook Redlin have filed for election to the city com - mission. For the city commission, three seats out of the five are up for elec- tion each time. The top two vote- K-18 plays getters serve four-year terms, and the third serves a two-year term. first games This year the seats up for election are currently held by John Garcia, The Goodland Elks K-18 Jay Dee Brumbaugh and Gary Far- Baseball team played its ris, none of whom filed for re-elec - first games in Oakley and tion. Garcia is the longest-serving Atwood last week. member of the commission, having See Page 8 first been elected in 2004. He has also served several stints as mayor. College Brumbaugh was elected in 2017 and has served for one four-year term. Farris was elected in 2019 and was the third-highest vote-getter that fundraiser weather year. He had previous served on the commission from 2013 to 2017. report There are four seats up for elec- held tion on the USD 352 School Board. Incumbents Travis Daise, Terry The Kentucky Derby-themed 75° Smith, Brad Schick and Trevor Northwest Kansas Technical 10:00 a.m. Linton have all filed for re-election, College Endowment banquet Monday and no new candidates have filed. was held on Friday at the pa- Valerie Veselik-Jones, Heather vilion on the Sherman County Today Stinnett and Mathew Windell have Fairgrounds. The evening •฀Sunset,฀8:12฀p.m. filed for the three Kanorado City included a meal, music and a Wednesday Council seats and Mike Murray has live and silent auction featur - •฀Sunrise,฀5:20฀a.m. filed for Kanorado mayor. ing everything from a John •฀Sunset,฀8:12฀p.m. Travis Gattshall and Joshua Deere tractor to NASCAR tick - Dechant have filed for the two ets at the Kansas Speedway. Midday Conditions Sunflower Extension District seats. The money raised goes to help •฀Soil฀temperature฀72฀degrees With the number of candidates students at the college. •฀Humidity฀61฀percent filed for the open seats, there will Photos by Rachel Smith •฀Sky฀mostly฀sunny not be a primary election. The Goodland Star-News •฀Winds฀south฀8฀mph •฀Barometer฀29.88฀inches ฀ and฀rising •฀Record฀High฀today฀฀102°฀(1985) Colorado •฀Record฀Low฀฀today฀฀฀฀39°฀(1996) Last 24 Hours* High฀Sunday฀ 88° counties Low฀Sunday฀ 59° Precipitation฀ 0.00 ฀฀฀฀฀This฀month฀ 0.00 taken off ฀฀฀฀฀Year฀to฀date฀ 9.24 ฀฀฀฀Above฀normal฀฀ 2.41฀inches The Topside Forecast quarantine Today:฀Mainly฀sunny฀with฀high฀ The Kansas Department of near฀90฀and฀66฀as฀low,฀winds฀south฀ Health and Environment amended - southeast฀15฀to฀25฀mph.฀Wednes its travel quarantine list on Thursday day:฀Sunshine฀with฀intervals฀of฀ to include the countries of Chile, clouds,฀high฀of฀89฀and฀66฀as฀low,฀ Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname and winds฀southeast฀10฀to฀15฀mph. Trinidad and Tobago. Extended Forecast Several states and countries have Thursday:฀Mostly฀sunny฀with฀94฀ been removed from the list, includ- as฀high฀and฀low฀of฀63,฀winds฀south฀ ing Maine, Minnesota, all counties southeast฀15฀to฀25฀mph.฀Friday:฀ in Colorado, and the nations of Cabo Sunny฀with฀gusty฀winds,฀high฀of฀ Verde, Georgia, Lithuania, Nether - 84฀and฀56฀as฀low,฀winds฀north฀20฀ lands and Sweden. A comprehen- to฀30฀mph. sive list of those individuals needing (National฀Weather฀Service) to quarantine includes visitors and Get฀24-hour฀weather฀info.฀at฀162.400฀MHz. Kansans who have: • Traveled on or after June 3 to Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Su- riname or Trinidad and Tobago; May 20 to Costa Rica or French Guiana; May 6 to India, Maldives or Seychelles; April 22 to Argentina or Bahrain; ir April 8 to Uruguay. Traveled between May 20 and June 3 to Georgia, Lithuania or the Netherlands; or to Maine or local the Colorado counties of Alamosa, Construction projects make progress Baca, Costilla, Dolores, Mesa, Min- markets eral, Otero, Prowers, Rio Grande, Frameshave started going up at the site of the new Topside Manor building in north Goodland (above) .It and other construction Saguache, Sedgwick or Yuma; May 10:00 a.m. projectsaround the county are moving along. The new Holiday Inn has reached completion (below, left ),while across K-27, work 6 and June 3 to the Colorado coun - Wheat฀—฀$5.97฀bushel continueson the new 24/7 Travel Shop (below, right), which when complete will have new food vendors . ties of Adams, Arapahoe, Archul- ฀฀Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$5.96 Photosby Kevin Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News eta, Conejos, Crowley, Douglas, El Corn฀—฀$7.07฀bushel Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Huerfano, ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$6.85 Jefferson, Larimer or Pueblo; May Milo฀—฀$7.06฀bushel 6 and June 3 to Cabo Verde; April 22 Soybeans฀—฀$15.12฀bushel and June 3 to Minnesota or Sweden. ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$15.31 • Attended any out-of-state mass Sunflowers gatherings of 500 or more where ฀ Oil฀current฀crop฀—฀$27.55฀cwt. individuals do not socially distance ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$25.03 (6 feet) and wear a mask. Pinto฀beans฀—฀$34 • Been on any cruise. (Markets฀by฀Scoular฀Grain,฀Frontier฀Ag,฀ The travel quarantine period is sunflowernsa.com฀and฀21st฀Century฀ Bean.฀These฀may฀not฀be฀closing฀figures.฀) seven days with a negative test re- sult or 10 days without testing, with release from quarantine on Day 8 and Day 11. Those who are fully vaccinated are not required to quarantine if they remain asymptomatic about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 friends death notice senior center meal site the calendar The Goodland Senior Center Meal site, part of the Northwest to 1 p.m. Mark S. Peden Kansas Area Agency on Aging and Calendar senior center Farmers Market will be open 7-11 club at 6 p.m. on the 2nd Mark S. Peden, died Monday, Russell Funeral Home, www. the Homestead Nutrition Project, senior menu koonsfuneralhome.com. through October at 1218 Main Today: Chef salad, watermelon, and 4th Thursdays and 3rd Satur- May 24, 2021. servesmeals weekdays at 11:30 a.m. day of each month Services are pending with Koons- Those that are homebound or live in from 8 to 11 a.m. crackers and pudding. Wednes- Birthday Club 2nd Saturday of Ruleton or Kanorado, can request to day: Smokies, baked potato, arts center each month at 6 p.m. have their meal delivered by calling Kids Saturday Studio: for broccoli, bread and mixed fruit. Thursday: Liver and onions in Board Meeting 2nd Tuesday of the Homestead Nutrition Project at vfw auxiliary kids in kindergarten through sixth gravy, mashed potatoes, seasoned the month at 9 a.m. 1-800-432-7422. For those 60 and grade, 10 a.m. to noon. carrots, bread and tropical fruit. Pitch card playing in the morn- Lowell Coleman Veterans of older the suggested contribution is Mommy+Me: for preschoolers 3 members helped with the color Friday: Chicken and rice casse- ing Monday through Friday. Foreign Wars Auxiliary 1133 June guard. And 3 members helped $3.50 per meal. Those under 60 can and their caregivers, $5, 10-11 Bingo on Wednesday and Fri- receive a meal as well, however they a.m. second Wednesday of the role, California blend vegetables, 3, 2021, at 9:30 am with Sr Vice picked up flags in the evening. bread and fruit cobbler. Monday: day at noon. Shelly Willems opening the meet- Hospital – Flag candy bars will must pay the full price of the meal, month. Chicken strips, hashbrown cas- Pinocle on Monday, Tuesday ing according to the contemporary be given at Topside, Wheatridge, $6.50, in advance. Saturdays: Open studio and serole, Catalina blend vegetables, and Thursday at noon. ritual. 8 members present. Meals on Wheels and Senior Center After the meal there is cards or Paint your own Pottery, 10 a.m. bread and rosy applesauce. President Pat Hansen - A; Sr. Vice on Flag Day. 2 cards sent. bingo. Mary Porterfield - A; Jr. Vice Leslie Community service – 3 small For more information, visit us at Miller; Secretary Jo Ann Wahrman; quilts will be included in the Lu- the corner of Center Ave and 15th tion. ments. For information call 785- have a family member with a special Treasurer Iris Scheoper; Chap- Street or call 785-890-7764. theran Church Military Boxes – The The Goodland Activities Center 890-2007. problem, such as drug or alcohol lain Cindy Pletcher; Conductress Auxiliary will give them out small genesis and has the daily activities. For informa- abuse, job loss or other family crisis, Connie Cullens; and Guard Tara quilts to veterans who attend the health department tion call 890-7242. Memberships your family can qualify. Call 785- Sitton - A. Flag Day program at the Elks on The Sherman County Health De- salvation army options for everyone including day 672-3125, ext. 187. Minutes of previous meeting Genesis and the Salvation June 14 at 5:30 pm. passes for $5. Visit goodlandgac. partment at 1622 Broadway is open were approved as presented.