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Greeley County Republican 75¢ Single Copy P.O. Box 610 • Tribune, Kansas 67879 • 620-376-4264 —12 Pages— Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Vol. 154. No. 21 Our vision is a vibrant, friendly, innovative, unified community with your family, health and happiness in mind. Jan & Dan On Saturday, May 16, 2020, the Greeley County High School senior Class of 2020 was celebrated with a Senior Cruise. Due to current state virus restrictions, graduation has been postponed. However, on what would have been their graduation day, the seniors took a cruise around town to commemorate their accomplishments. The cruise began at Peggy’s Place Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. Each of the ten GCHS graduates rode in a separate golf cart. The parade was led by a Greeley County Schools bus driven by high school principal John Niehues. Greeley County Emergency personnel followed, bringing up the end of the parade. The cruise route was designed to pass by the houses of all parents and grandparents that live in Tribune. The students stopped at the Greeley County Long Term Care to greet residents. The USD #200 Board of Education has rescheduled the 88 th GCHS commencement ceremony for July 18 th , 2020, at 11:00 a.m. MT. The ceremony is currently planned to be in the gymnasium. Graduates in the GCHS Class of 2020 are Renee Alexander, Mattie Brandl, Lauren Crotinger, Tayber Elder, Rebecca Ibarra, Erny Knelsen, Michael Lehman, Kyler Smith, Fabel Yanez, and Kamryn Youmans. The Senior Cruise started at Peggy’s Place and wound through the town. Senior Cruise celebrates GCHS Class of 2020 graduates During these unprecedented times Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc has been searching for creative ways to help the communities we serve. If you follow Wheatland on social media, you most likely have seen our #PowerOn signs and you may have even recognized some of the people in the photos. We received a great response from all our communities encouraging others to #PowerOn as we navigate through the pandemic and the strain it has caused our members. “Concern for the Community is one of the seven Cooperative Principles,” said Bruce W. Mueller, CEO/ General Manager. “Wheatland has found several ways to help our members in the short term, but providing safe, reliable and competitively priced electricity is always our main objective.” Over the past few weeks Wheatland Electric has provided 700 bottles of hand cleanser to all first responders across our service territory. Wheatland also provided treats to all employees of the seven hospitals Wheatland serves. In addition to purchasing the hospital treats from local businesses, Wheatland also provided each employee $50 in “Downtown Dollars/ Chamber Bucks” to encourage more spending at local businesses. Finally, Wheatland Electric was able to start the Cram the Van food drive early, $500 donations were made to all ten of the local food banks Wheatland typically partners There were cumulus clouds over Tribune after the rains during the week. Needed rains fall in Greeley County Greeley County received much needed rains this past week. The Tribune weather station reported 0.92 inches of rain for the week. The station reported 0.13 inches on Tuesday, May 12, 0.01 on May 13, a trace on May 14, 0.16 inches on May 15, and 0.62 inches on Saturday, May 16. The total for the week at the station was 0.92 inches. According to the National Weather Service precipitation maps for the past 7 days, all of Greeley County received rains. The heaviest was in the north central and northwest with 1.5 to 2.0 inches. Most of the county received from 1.0 to 1.5. The southeast sections of the county received the least from .50 to 1.0 inches. Greeley County farmer David Schneider remarked, “Oh wow. It was a super rain that came in the nick of time. We only had about an hour left. The wheat looked like it was dying. We were in the 4 th quarter with a minute left and we got the shot we needed. The wheat is amazing. It has a lot of lives and was able to come back with the rain. “It rained so easy that none of it ran off and it didn’t get hot. It just amazes me how quickly the wheat can respond. The dry winter and freezes took off some bushels, but we will still have the chance for some average wheat. “We had quit planting corn because the ground got so hard that we couldn’t force the planter through it. With the rains we will be planting both corn and milo as quickly as we can.” The station has received 4.34 inches of precipitation for the year-to-date, which is 0.72 inches below the normal of 5.06 inches. The high temperatures for the past week in Greeley County rose from a high of 42º on Monday, May 11 to 83º on Wednesday, May 13 before falling back into the 70º for the remainder of the week. The low for the week was 33º on Tuesday morning, May 12. The average soil temperatures for the past week in Greeley County were 56º on May 12, 54º on May 13, 61º on May 14, 63º on May 15, 64º on May 16 and 17, and 66º on May 18. The average wind speed for the past week in Greeley County was 7.8 mph with a high of 27.0 on Friday, May 15. According to the National Agriculture Statistics Service, as of May 17 in the West Central District of Kansas 85% of the wheat is jointed and 38% is headed; 54% of the corn is planted, and 16% has emerged. Kansas Crop Progress And Condition For the week ending May 17, 2020, there were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 9 percent very short, 25 short, 51 adequate, and 15 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 7 percent very short, 21 short, 64 adequate, and 8 surplus. Field Crops Report: Winter wheat condition rated 6 percent very poor, 17 poor, 37 fair, 34 good, and 6 excellent. Winter wheat jointed was 94 percent, near 93 last year. Headed was 61 percent, ahead of 54 last year, but behind 75 for the five-year average. Wheatland Electric Helps Local Communities through #PowerOn with in the Fall. Mueller added, “By supporting our local first- responders, healthcare workers, local businesses and food banks we hope to give a boost to the morale of the communities we serve.” LTC nurses and dog accept the #PowerOn gifts from Wheatland. (See Rain .... Page 4) J — We will be closed Monday, May 25 th , for Memorial Day. Our deadline for next week will be Tuesday, May 26 th , at 5:00 p.m. and the newspaper will come out on Thursday, May 28 th , instead of Wednesday. **** J – “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss This is an often-referenced quote for graduations that I like. My generation of women came of age and graduated during the “women’s lib” movement. We were pushing boundaries that moved slowly, and often there were few obvious choices. We had more than our mothers and grandmothers, for sure, but frequently still eventually took the paths that opened up to us, rather than creating our own different ones. Still, it was an exciting time. Today, it’s hard to tell where the paths lead, with the current situation, but I hope the 2020 graduates look for paths that challenge them, and that they actively contemplate the directions in which they will steer themselves. **** J — We have a mid-section of this edition of the newspaper dedicated to the seniors in the GCHS class of 2020. Congratulations to the graduates!! **** J — Special thanks to school counselor Brandy Clevenger, Rachael Sebastian, and Sheryl Crotinger for their amazing help in getting information and pictures for our newspaper this week. Also thanks to superintendent Stuart Holmes and principal John Niehues for their helpful communications. **** D — It was a great rain. Just in the nick of time to save the wheat crop. “Near death” to “looking good.” “The recovery is why this is wheat country.” **** D — Congratulations to the senior class. They found creative ways to complete the year and to celebrate their accomplishments. Well done. **** D — I saw two videos this past week in which people said that as a result of all the changes animals were becoming friendlier. Yeah, yeah. But then I spent the weekend on the patio watching a marvelous parade of birds, squirrels, bunnies, a turtle and even a skunk. The variety and number of birds are far greater than I ever remember. A couple of types of orioles plus an oriole looking towhee, at least three varieties of finches, blue jays and eastern blue birds, grackles, red-winged and yellow-headed black birds, robins, thrashers, doves, king birds, sparrows., and a new gray cat bird. And they did seem friendly. The orioles patiently waited for a fresh orange, and the turtle walked across the grass to visit our turtle-shaped sprinkler. “Looking for a friend” remarked Meagan. “The strong and silent type,” replied Jan. **** D — It seems that we are now at war. It is of biblical proportions. Information has been obscured, but from my view the human race will prevail. We got a good rain for the wheat. We now need a reign of truth.
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Greeley County Republican
75¢ Single Copy
P.O. Box 610 • Tribune, Kansas 67879 • 620-376-4264 —12 Pages— Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Vol. 154. No. 21
Our vision is a vibrant, friendly, innovative, unified community with your family, health and happiness in mind.
Jan & Dan
On Saturday, May 16, 2020, the Greeley County High School senior Class of 2020 was celebrated with a Senior Cruise. Due to current state virus restrictions, graduation has been postponed. However, on what would have been their graduation day, the
seniors took a cruise around town to commemorate their accomplishments.
The cruise began at Peggy’s Place Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. Each of the ten GCHS graduates rode in a separate golf cart. The parade was led by a Greeley County Schools
bus driven by high school principal John Niehues. Greeley County Emergency personnel followed, bringing up the end of the parade.
The cruise route was designed to pass by the houses of all parents and grandparents that live in Tribune. The students
stopped at the Greeley County Long Term Care to greet residents.
The USD #200 Board of Education has rescheduled the 88th GCHS commencement ceremony for July 18th, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. MT. The ceremony is currently planned to be in
the gymnasium.Graduates in the GCHS
Class of 2020 are Renee Alexander, Mattie Brandl, Lauren Crotinger, Tayber Elder, Rebecca Ibarra, Erny Knelsen, Michael Lehman, Kyler Smith, Fabel Yanez, and Kamryn Youmans.
The Senior Cruise started at Peggy’s Place and wound through the town.
Senior Cruise celebrates GCHS Class of 2020 graduates
During these unprecedented times Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc has been searching for creative ways to help the communities we serve. If you follow Wheatland on social media, you most likely have seen our #PowerOn signs and you may have even recognized some of the people in the photos. We received a great response from all our communities encouraging others to #PowerOn as we navigate through the pandemic and the strain it has caused our members.
“Concern for the Community is one of the seven Cooperative Principles,” said Bruce W. Mueller, CEO/ General Manager. “Wheatland has found several ways to help our members in the short
term, but providing safe, reliable and competitively priced electricity is always our main objective.”
Over the past few weeks Wheatland Electric has provided 700 bottles of hand cleanser to all first responders across our service territory. Wheatland also provided treats to all employees of the seven hospitals Wheatland serves. In addition to purchasing the hospital treats from local businesses, Wheatland also provided each employee $50 in “Downtown Dollars/ Chamber Bucks” to encourage more spending at local businesses. Finally, Wheatland Electric was able to start the Cram the Van food drive early, $500 donations were made to all ten of the local food banks Wheatland typically partners
There were cumulus clouds over Tribune after the rains during the week.
Needed rains fall in Greeley County Greeley County received much needed rains this past week. The Tribune weather station reported 0.92 inches of rain for the week. The station reported 0.13 inches on Tuesday, May 12, 0.01 on May 13, a trace on May 14, 0.16 inches on May 15, and 0.62 inches on Saturday, May 16. The total for the week at the station was 0.92 inches. According to the National Weather Service precipitation maps for the past 7 days, all of Greeley County received rains. The heaviest was in the north central and northwest with 1.5 to 2.0 inches. Most of the county received from 1.0 to 1.5. The southeast sections of the county received the least from .50 to 1.0 inches. Greeley County farmer David Schneider remarked, “Oh wow. It was a super rain that came in the nick of time. We only had about an hour left. The wheat looked like it was dying. We were in the 4th quarter with a minute left and we got the shot we needed. The wheat is amazing. It has a lot of lives and was able to come back with the rain. “It rained so easy that none of it ran off and it didn’t get hot. It just amazes me how quickly the wheat can respond. The dry winter and freezes took off some bushels, but we will still have the chance for some average wheat. “We had quit planting corn because the ground got
so hard that we couldn’t force the planter through it. With the rains we will be planting both corn and milo as quickly as we can.” The station has received 4.34 inches of precipitation for the year-to-date, which is 0.72 inches below the normal of 5.06 inches. The high temperatures for the past week in Greeley County rose from a high of 42º on Monday, May 11 to 83º on Wednesday, May 13 before falling back into the 70º for the remainder of
the week. The low for the week was 33º on Tuesday morning, May 12. The average soil temperatures for the past week in Greeley County were 56º on May 12, 54º on May 13, 61º on May 14, 63º on May 15, 64º on May 16 and 17, and 66º on May 18. The average wind speed for the past week in Greeley County was 7.8 mph with a high of 27.0 on Friday, May 15.
According to the National Agriculture Statistics
Service, as of May 17 in the West Central District of Kansas 85% of the wheat is jointed and 38% is headed; 54% of the corn is planted, and 16% has emerged.
Kansas Crop Progress And Condition
For the week ending May 17, 2020, there were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 9 percent very short, 25 short, 51 adequate, and 15 surplus.
Subsoil moisture supplies rated 7 percent very short, 21 short, 64 adequate, and 8 surplus.
Field Crops Report: Winter wheat condition rated 6 percent very poor, 17 poor, 37 fair, 34 good, and 6 excellent. Winter wheat jointed was 94 percent, near 93 last year. Headed was 61 percent, ahead of 54 last year, but behind 75 for the five-year average.
Wheatland Electric Helps Local Communities through #PowerOn
with in the Fall.Mueller added, “By
supporting our local first-
responders, healthcare workers, local businesses and food banks we hope to
give a boost to the morale of the communities we serve.”
LTC nurses and dog accept the #PowerOn gifts from Wheatland.
(See Rain .... Page 4)
J — We will be closed Monday, May 25th, for Memorial Day. Our deadline for next week will be Tuesday, May 26th, at 5:00 p.m. and the newspaper will come out on Thursday, May 28th, instead of Wednesday.
****J – “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss This is an often-referenced quote for graduations that I like. My generation of women came of age and graduated during the “women’s lib” movement. We were pushing boundaries that moved slowly, and often there were few obvious choices. We had more than our mothers and grandmothers, for sure, but frequently still eventually took the paths that opened up to us, rather than creating our own different ones. Still, it was an exciting time. Today, it’s hard to tell where the paths lead, with the current situation, but I hope the 2020 graduates look for paths that challenge them, and that they actively contemplate the directions in which they will steer themselves.
****J — We have a mid-section of this edition of the newspaper dedicated to the seniors in the GCHS class of 2020. Congratulations to the graduates!!
****J — Special thanks to school counselor Brandy Clevenger, Rachael Sebastian, and Sheryl Crotinger for their amazing help in getting information and pictures for our newspaper this week. Also thanks to superintendent Stuart Holmes and principal John Niehues for their helpful communications.
****
D — It was a great rain. Just in the nick of time to save the wheat crop. “Near death” to “looking good.” “The recovery is why this is wheat country.”
****D — Congratulations to the senior class. They found creative ways to complete the year and to celebrate their accomplishments. Well done.
****D — I saw two videos this past week in which people said that as a result of all the changes animals were becoming friendlier. Yeah, yeah. But then I spent the weekend on the patio watching a marvelous parade of birds, squirrels, bunnies, a turtle and even a skunk. The variety and number of birds are far greater than I ever remember. A couple of types of orioles plus an oriole looking towhee, at least three varieties of finches, blue jays and eastern blue birds, grackles, red-winged and yellow-headed black birds, robins, thrashers, doves, king birds, sparrows., and a new gray cat bird. And they did seem friendly. The orioles patiently waited for a fresh orange, and the turtle walked across the grass to visit our turtle-shaped sprinkler. “Looking for a friend” remarked Meagan. “The strong and silent type,” replied Jan.
****D — It seems that we are now at war. It is of biblical proportions. Information has been obscured, but from my view the human race will prevail. We got a good rain for the wheat. We now need a reign of truth.
