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10 Veterans Day celebration at the AtwoodAmerican Legion Hall. There, she will havethe quilt on display as the community gath-ers to honor those who have served theircountry in the military.After Nov. 10, the quilt will be in display

one week each in the lobbies of The Bank,Farmers Bank and Trust and Farmers StateBank, where the community will have theopportunity to enter a written bid for thequilt — knowing the funds raised will helpsomeone who was injured while on duty.There will also be an opportunity to make

cash donations at these locations.Alex, who graduated from Rawlins

County High School in 2008 and entered theArmy, was stationed in Alaska from October2008 to October 2010, then in New York at Ft.Drum from 2010 to July of 2012.On his first deployment to Afghanistan,

he served in battalion headquarters.On the second, he spent one year as in-

fantry team leader.Alex is now pursuing a college education,

starting at Hutchinson Community Collegefor his general requirements. But he re-mains in the service to his country throughthe National Guard.And like other veterans, he supports and val-

ues efforts like the Wounded Warrior project.“The money is going to help people who

have shed blood for their country,” he stated.

Alex Bebb’s second

deployment to

Afghanistan with the

U.S. Army inspired his

mother to keep her

mind and hands busy

by creating the quilt

that will serve as a

fundraiser for veter-

ans.

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Purpose of the

Wounded

Warrior

Project:

“To foster the mostsuccessful, well-ad-justed generation ofwounded servicemembers in our na-tion's history.

“To raise aware-ness and enlist thepublic's aid for theneeds of injuredservice members.

“To help injuredservice members aidand assist each other.

“To provideunique, direct pro-grams and servicesto meet the needs ofinjured service mem-bers.”

Visit the website:

www.woundedwarriorproject.org

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County Commissioners —Wederski suggested

bringing Jeri Rahe, who isthe only county treasurercandidate on the ballot,into the office early fortraining and to do part-time work. She also pre-sented the commissionerswith an application for of-fice help for their review.Both Wederski and Rahe

will be on hand to inter-view the new applicant.

Other business

In other business, thecommissioners:• Learned that the Road

and Bridge Departmentseptic system work wascompleted.• Were updated on the

shuttle service projectgrant application by JoEl-lyn Gilliland.• Approved the request

for funds to help purchasea new heating stove for TheOl’ Depot from the Parksand Recreation Funds.• Received the monthly

report from EMS DirectorRick Schiff. Schiff said hehad received the providernumber required to teachclasses and training wouldbegin Nov. 5.Shiff also reported that

the Rawlins County EMSpatches, designed specifi-cally for the county, had

been received.• Met in executive ses-

sion for an hour withSchiff, Dr. Rod Dill andSteve Sutton, the executivedirector for the state EMSboard. No action was takenfollowing the session.• Noted they and County

Attorney Jared Holstewere meeting with theThomas County Commis-sioners Nov. 5 in ThomasCounty to discuss combin-ing Rawlins and ThomasCounties extension dis-tricts.• Discussed pay rates for

rural fire department vol-unteers.• Approved carpeting for

the dispatch department

area for acoustical reasons.• Authorized Commis-

sion Chairman CharlesWalker to sign the officialcopy of the interlocalagreement between thecounty and Good Samari-tan Society.The next meeting will be

at 9 a.m., Nov. 19 at thecommissioners’ meetingroom at the courthouse.The commissioners will

be canvassing votes at 9a.m., Monday, Nov. 12,(while the courthouse willbe closed for the observa-tion of Veterans Day).Those wanting to attendthe open meeting may usethe south door at the court-house to enter.

EMS director resignsIn a special commissioner meeting Tuesday, the

Rawlins County Commissioners accepted with the re-gret the resignation of Rick Schiff, Rawlins CountyEmergency Medical Services director, and DanielMartin, part-time Emergency Medical Technician.The commissioners appointed Linda Skipworth as

the interim EMS director and reappointed JimSchroeder as a county first responder.Commissioner Charlie Walker noted that the

county ambulance service has continued to operateas normal. The commissioners are currently search-ing for another director. Skipworth said scheduled EMT training is pending

at this time.

Students to present comedy this weekendAn 11-member cast of RCHS seniors, jun-

iors and sophomores are preparing “TheBrothers Grimm Spectacu-lathon,” a two-act comedyfor this weekend.Performances will be at 7

p.m., Saturday Nov. 10 and 4p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11 in thehigh school auditorium.“The characters make

up the story lines as theyre-tell familiar fairy tales,” Robynn Wessel,their director said.The play’s settings vary as the fairy tales

evolve so the audience gets caught up in a story.Cast members are Emily Fields, Shay

Hadley, Brooke Paslay,Weston Paslay, AubreyDunker, Bob Reuther,Tina Zorn, Miren Bo-gatzky, Alison Chess-more, Beth Reuther,Michael Blodgett, Mat-tie Higley and MorganWithington.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for stu-dents. They will be available at the door orfrom cast members.