Greeley County Republican

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P.O. Box 610 • Tribune, Kansas 67879 • 620-376-4264 —10 Pages— Wednesday, May 13, 2020, Vol. 154. No. 20

Our vision is a vibrant, friendly, innovative, unified community with your family, health and happiness in mind.

Jan & Dan

Long Term Care Mother’s and Father’s Day Parade

Many vehicles, decorated for Mothers’ and Fathers’ days, formed a parade and drove past the Greeley County Long Term Care facility on Saturday, May 9th. Residents watched from the LTC lawn.

May 06, 2020. Denver, CO and Tribune, KS - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Lost GoodbyesN/A by M. Wright, which is the author’s most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 color paperback in the fiction / crime category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $23.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/thelostgoodbyesmwright was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

Rachel stood holding the handrail on the subway as it rumbled to a stop. She found herself paralyzed in fear as the doors opened and three masked gunmen entered the car ahead of hers. The screams from the little girl as they tore her from her mother’s grasp piercing through the night air. Rachel’s present had just collided with her past. Her and her older sister’s abduction flashed through her mind. She had been six and Maggie nine. Rachel had escaped the life of child prostitution that had been forced upon them but Maggie hadn’t. Was she still alive? Was this little girl destined to be introduced to the horrific life of child prostitution? Rachel, now an investigative journalist

The Lost Goodbyes, the latest highly-anticipated fiction/crime book from Tribune author M. Wright

May 11th -15th: Library open for limited services through the drop box. Patrons can go on the library’s webpage www.greeleycolibrary.info and reserve a book or call the library at 376-4801 to request a book. Ring the doorbell located just above the outside drop box to let us know you are outside.

May 19th: Library will be open to the public with limited gatherings of 10 at a time. We ask that you do not touch a book unless checking it out.

June 1st: Library open to the public.

— Ronna Schmidt, Greeley County Library Director

Re-Opening of the Library

For the 2020 Primary Election on August 4, 2020, the following local county offices are open for candidate filings. The deadline for filing is June 1st, 2020.

County OfficesGeneral Service District

Board of SupervisorMunicipal Service District

Board of SupervisorAt-Large District Board

of SupervisorCounty ClerkCounty TreasurerCounty Register of DeedsCounty AttorneyCounty SheriffPrecinct OfficesGeneral Service

C o m m i t t e e m a n (Republican)

General Service C o m m i t t e e w o m a n (Republican)

Municipal Service C o m m i t t e e m a n (Republican)

Municipal Service C o m m i t t e e w o m a n

(Republican)General Service

C o m m i t t e e m a n (Democratic)

General Service C o m m i t t e e w o m a n (Democratic)

Municipal Service C o m m i t t e e m a n (Democratic)

Municipal Service C o m m i t t e e w o m a n (Democratic)

The deadline to file for office or change party affiliation is June 1st at 12:00 noon MT.

Deadline for in-state residence change is July 5th. Please remember to let the county election official know if you have changed your name or have moved to a different physical address by July 5th at 12:00 noon.

The last day to register to vote is July 14th.

For more information, contact the county clerk’s office, 620-376-4256.

June 1st, 2020, deadline to file for local positionsopen for election this year

with the New York Times has recently been assigned a story to investigate a child prostitution ring operating on the Lower East Side. Was this connected? She would find out soon.

Deftly constructed at 245 pages, The Lost Goodbyes is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the fiction / crime category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online(https://outskirtspress.com/pressRelease/index/i sbn /9780578231938#) availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, The Lost Goodbyes meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $23.95.

Additionally, The Lost Goodbyes can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at http://www.outskirtspress.comlbookstore

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/thelostgoodbyesmwright

About the AuthorM. Wright is semi-retired

and enjoys writing. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the Central Oklahoma and has worked in law enforcement. Today she helps her husband on their farm/cattle ranch and enjoys spoiling her grandchildren. Hobbies include reading, baking and of course writing.

Greeley County Fire Department purchases thermal imaging camera with CHS donation

Through a donation from CHS, the Greeley County Fire Department will be purchasing a thermal imaging camera to help detect hot spots in buildings. Pictured from left to right are: Greeley County Fire Department volunteers Levi Evans, Brent Tarman, Dustyn Smith, Adriana Evans and CHS representatives Jeff Kahle, Dirk Schneider, Eric Starns and Alan Peter.

J — Today, Monday, the weather feels like we have skipped summer and gone into late fall. So far, the cold and the wind have brought a touch of rain; hoping for more today and tonight. A friend reminded me that we have aboriginal rain sticks we should be shaking!!

****J – Our condolences to

the family of Nancy Brindle. Nancy was an elementary teacher here for many years, and a piano teacher, as well. She was multi-talented and I remember her as being a very pleasant person who contributed much to the community. Her daughter Harmony and our son Aaron were in the same class in school, graduating in 1999. A year later, she and her husband Chris, a coach and teacher, moved to eastern Kansas, where she continued to teach and contribute her talents. She will be dearly missed by her large extended family and many friends and former students.

****J — The covid-19 situation

is beginning to wear on people, including me. I admit to feeling quite overwhelmed at times. The “what ifs” can be difficult. We have been lucky to still have our jobs, which entail some interaction with people, and we aren’t living in a “hot spot.” I am thankful to have had long conversations with our two children, and my sister and facetime with granddaughter Jade for Mother’s Day. All are ok. Still, it will be good when we are past this – we hope Greeley County remains one of the counties with “0” cases…

****J — We saw some new

birds at our feeders this week — Mountain Blue Bird, Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Spotted Towhee, and Goldfinches.

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D — Social distancing prohibits family visits to the Long Term Care. So we innovate. I thought that the parade of vehicles past the Long Term Care home on Sunday was an effective way to bridge the gap. Everyone seems to enjoy the parade.

****D — In the early 80s I spent an afternoon with Judge Stovall of the 5th Federal District Court in Houston. We talked about how the government would make gradual changes in our privacy laws that would be accepted by the population rather than a sudden shift that would be rejected. Years later I heard of this process referred to as the “Totalitarian Tip-Toe.” If you can identify the end goal, then the individual steps become clear. China’s social credit index is a case in point. Total control of the individual is the goal. Alexis doesn’t just talk, she listens. So does your smart phone and TV. How the information is used follows the Totalitarian Tip-Toe. It provides you answers to your questions, but it also can be used to assure proper social distancing. The next step is an implanted chip to assure that you have been vaccinated. Total tracking. Obey. Be safe. Eliminate free will.

****D — There was a small amount of rain in Tribune on Monday afternoon and night but the county needs additional rains that hopefully will come this week. I was sound asleep early Tuesday morning, but Jan was woken by a muffled explosion that took out our electricity. The newspaper office wasn’t affected so we will be able to get the paper sent on the Internet to be printed in Hutchinson. We are dependent on our infrastructures.

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TRIBUNE, KANSAS. (MAY 11, 2020) – Every second counts when detecting and fighting fires, and through a donation from CHS, the Greeley County Fire Department can now purchase a thermal imaging camera to detect hot spots quicker and easier.

The fire department received a $8,794.68 grant from CHS United Plains Ag and CHS (Quinter) to purchase the thermal imaging camera through the CHS Seeds for Stewardship grant program. Locally, CHS has locations in Tribune, Sharon Springs, Weskan, Wallace, Selkirk, Quinter and Colby.

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