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“A Voice for New Frontiers”

VOL. 20, NO. 30 ATWOOD, KS 67730 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012

Special Holy Week services set at churches county-wideSpecial Holy Week services are scheduled

across the county. A community Good Friday service will be

observed at 2:30 p.m. at Good Samaritan So-ciety. The Rawlins County Ministerial Al-liance is hosting the service.Sacred Heart Catholic Church will

hold Holy Thursday service at 7:30 p.m. April5. Good Friday service will be at noon.Easter Sunday Mass will be at 10:30.St. John’s Holy Thursday service will be

at 5 p.m. Good Friday service will be at 7 p.m.and Easter morning Mass will be at 8:30 a.m.St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Herndon

will host Good Friday services at 3 p.m. andhave an Easter Vigil at 9 p.m.Courts of Praisewill have Easter morn-

ing worship at 10:45 a.m.

Atwood Baptist Church plans morningworship at 10:30 and a 6 p.m. evening serviceon Sunday.Immanuel Church of Christwill hold a

Good Friday Communion Service at 6 p.m. atthe Leon Portschy home in Herndon and aSunday morning service a 9 a.m. at thePortschy home.Atwood Christian Church will hold a

Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. Eastermorning worship celebration is at 10:40.United Methodist Church will worship

jointly with the Christian Church forMaundy Thursday. They will have a 7 a.m.sunrise service Easter morning at Lake At-wood with worship at the church at 10:30a.m.McDonald Federated Church will hold

a Good Friday service at the church at 7 p.m.On Sunday there will be a 7 a.m. sunriseservice at the baseball field. Sunday School

will be at the church at 10 a.m. followed by aworship service at 11 a.m.Herndon Covenant Church is planning

a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. They willhave a 7 a.m. sunrise service Easter morningat the Herndon Covenant Cemetery on High-way 36 followed by Sunday school at 8:45 andmorning worship at 10 a.m. at the church.Redeemer Lutheran Church is plan-

ning a Maundy Thursday Holy Communionservice at 7 p.m. They will hold Good Fridayservices at 8 p.m. Easter Eve service will beat 6 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday morning therewill be breakfast at 8:30 at the church with achildren’s Easter egg hunt at 9:15 a.m. TheEaster Day service is at 10 a.m.Everyone is encouraged to attend the

services of their choice.

News at a Glance

Farm, ranch transitionworkshop set

Farmers and ranchers of allages are invited to attend theBeginning Farmer/FarmTransition workshop to beginafter a noon meal, Thursday,April 5 at the Rawlins CountyHigh School ag room. Topicswill include farm mentoringand how to start a beginningfarmer/farm transition pro-gram. Call Chris Sramek at 785-626-8066 for more information.

Crafters to gatherThe Rawlins County

Crafters/Ol’ Depot board willmeet for their annual meetingat 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April12 at the Prairie DevelopmentCenter meeting room. Any-one interested in the Depot iswelcome to attend.

Healthcare infomeeting set

Learn about healthcarechanges coming in the fu-ture from state and federalmandates at the healthcarechanges informational meet-ing at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9at the Masonic Temple.For more information,

contact Heidi Lowry at 785-626-8290.

FFA Backers planGood Friday bake saleThe FFA Backers annual

Good Friday bake sale is set tostart at 10 a.m., Friday, April 6at Williams Bros. Supermar-ket. Proceeds will benefit theAtwood FFA Chapter.

Parents programslated for April 12

Parents are invited tolearn how to communicatewith teens about alcohol andreduce underage drinking ina free workshop, “Power ofParents: It’s Your Influence,”at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 12at the Prairie DevelopmentCenter meeting room.

E-ship fair to showcasearea youth businessesThe 7th annual Rawlins

County HomeTown Compet-itiveness Youth Entrepre-neurship Fair competitionbegins with public viewingand judging of 18 businessesat 8:30 a.m., Thursday, April5 at the Rawlins County HighSchool gymnasium. DavidSpecht will be the guestspeaker and present a pro-gram on “Becoming Valu-able,” from 10:40 to 11:20 a.m.

Multiple updates fill end-of-month meetingBy Mary Holle

The Rawlins County Commissioners learnedmore about the city of Atwood and received up-to-date information on Rawlins County Health Cen-ter and Rawlins County Economic Developmentprojects at their end-of-the-month meeting heldMarch 30.“I want to give you a sense of what kind of re-

porting that we do,” Atwood Mayor Joe Cabrinhasaid as he presented the commissioners with sev-eral pages of information. “The first seven pagesare the city nuisance report, which is completedby Jan Ackerman, our nuisance offer.”Cabrinha explained the procedures required

for the reporting of nuisances and zoning.“The council couldn’t deal with nuisances dur-

ing our meetings, so we went with hiring an offi-cer,” Cabrinha said.

The mayor also presented the city public worksactivity, the city water report for 2012, the 2012well depth report, the equipment condition reportand agency characteristics report for 2011 to thecommissioners.Cabrinha explained the board appointments

made by the city for the library and housing au-thority boards. He also answered a question aboutwater loss and reported on the Kansas RuralWater conference that was attended by city offi-cials.“Rick Kramer was designated as City Superin-

tendent of the Year,” Cabrinha said. “Janet Sticewas named City Clerk of the Year two years ago.”City officials receive water and waste water

training and certification and learn about thechanges in regulations at the conference, themayor said.Cabrinha also reported that 100 percent of the

city’s water mains will be complete by the sum-mer.

Economic development

Julie Britton, RCED director, updated the com-missioners on economic development projects.She announced that Atwood Second Century

had donated $1,500 for a second Rural Opportu-nity Zone recipient and asked the commissionersto consider allowing another candidate for oneyear. The current ROZ recipient is MeganHorinek, she said.Current economic development projects in-

clude developing a new county brochure, workingon a narrowband radio grant, helping severalbusinesses get established and working with thecity to develop the industrial park.

Kramer earns state awardBy Rosalie Ross

Rick Kramer, Atwood City Superin-tendent, received an enviable awardMarch 28 at the annual Kansas RuralWater Association meeting.Kramer was selected Municipal Su-

perintendent of the Year for 2011 inrecognition of an outstanding job per-formance.There are 287 cities that participate

in the KRWA and about 150 rural dis-tricts.“Rick is a tremendous city superin-

tendent. We couldn’t have a better per-son,” Mayor Joe Cabrinha said. “He is

competent in so many areas and verydeserving of the honor.”The mayor pointed out the scope of

Kramer’s management activities,which include the parks, sidewalks,streets, city buildings, waste waterand all the utility water.“Hey, I’m just one guy,” Kramer

said of the award. “My crew is terrificand I should share the honor withthem.”Bob Freeman and Stan Chessmore

are his crew of hard-working versatilecity employees.Kramer said he was totally sur-

Easter bunny invites egghunters to area towns

The Easter bunny is expectedto be hopping down the RawlinsCounty trail this Saturday, April 7.In McDonald, there will be an

Easter egg hunt in Gail and KayMiller’s yard for all children be-ginning at 10:30 a.m.The Easter bunny will visit at

10 a.m. in Herndon City Parkwhere there will be an egg huntsponsored by Herndon PRIDE.All children ages pre-school

through 4th grade should taketheir baskets and join the fun.Another Easter egg hunt with ex-

citing games is planned by AtwoodChamber of Commerce at 1 p.m. onthe high school football field.There will be a free children’s

movie, “The Secret World of Ar-rietty,” at the Jayhawk Theatre.The movie, which starts at 2:30p.m., Saturday, is sponsored byFarmers State Bank.

See ‘Superintendent,’ Page 10

Photos by Kathy Davis-Vrbas

Testimony to new lifeFrom the lowly henbit weed, left photo, to the glorious redbud, center, to the riotouslyblossoming crabapples on the courhouse lawn, flowers color the landscape and inspirehearts as Easter approaches.

See ‘RCED projects,’ Page 10