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2 Greeley County Republican • Tribune, Kansas • Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Brought to you by • CHS United Plains Ag • First FarmBank • Greeley County Republican Greeley County Republican Phone: 620-376-4264 Email: newspaper@ sunflowertelco.com OR [email protected] ��������������� ������� ������ ��������������������������� ����������������� �������������� ��������������������� ������������� �������� ������������� ���������� � �������� ��������� Dixon Drug is OPEN — just in time for MOTHER’S Day! As of Monday, May 4th, Dixon Drug/ Redeeming Grounds doors will be OPEN to customers again! Come see us and what we have for Mother’s Day!! 620-376-4224 We will maintain social distancing with one-way aisles, NO seating in the coffee shop, 25 customer max in the store, please do not enter in groups — if you have been sick or around someone who is, please call and we will deliver curbside to your vehicle. — NOTICE — Please pick up flowers at the cemetery by May 10th. Thank you! The Cemetery Board Thank you The family of Hazel Reynolds would like to express our sincere thanks and deepest appreciation to Dr. Lindquist, Dr. Ellis, the nursing department and entire hospital staff of Greeley County Hospital for their excellent care of our mother and in making it possible for members of her family to remain with her throughout her final days in the midst of this horrible pandemic situation. We’d also like to express our gratitude to the staff of Dixon Drugs and to our local EMTs for their excellent care as well. There’s been a great deal of gratitude expressed throughout the nation for all our medical heroes, but we can think of no group more deserving of our thanks and admiration than those right here in our own community who work so tirelessly and compassionately in their service. With utmost appreciation, the Hazel Reynolds’ family Update from the Greeley County Health Department The health department will begin scheduling appointments, starting the week of May 4 th , but will remain closed to walk- ins. We ask that only those essential to the scheduled appointment attend (i.e. baby and one parent, adolescent and one parent, or only the adult receiving immunizations). We also ask that all adolescents (11 years and older) and adults wear either a cloth mask, scarf, or bandana over their nose and mouth when attending and throughout the appointment. Paperwork will be brought out to the car for parents to fill out, screening questions will be asked, temperatures checked, as well as having clients wait in the car until staff indicates they are ready for them, thereby limiting the amount of time and number of people that are in the office. As nearly everyone is aware, Kansas has started to ease the stay-at-home restrictions that have been in place since March 30 th . Please keep in mind that we are just now starting to see more cases in Western Kansas, as well as increased availability in testing. Please continue to stay home if you are feeling sick, washing your hands frequently for at least 20 seconds, and avoid unnecessary travel to places where there is an active outbreak (i.e. Finney, Ford, and Seward counties). Medical and doctor appointments are necessary travel. While it is still recommended that people wear a mask in public where the 6 feet of social distancing cannot be maintained, there have been a lot of people upset by the recommendation. When you see me at the post office or grocery store, I will be wearing one—there’s no guarantee that I have not been exposed somewhere along the way and could be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus, and I don’t want to be the one who unwittingly passes it along to someone in the community with a weakened immune system or who’s body might react differently to the virus. I do not consider wearing a face mask in public as “living in fear” as it has been suggested on social media—I consider it to be practical and doing my part to protect my community. I promised last week that there would be information about the difference between isolation and quarantine. While we have been encouraged to practice social distancing over the past month, it is important to understand that it is to help those who have not been exposed to COVID- 19 from contracting it and spreading it on to others. Good hand hygiene, staying home when sick, working from home (if possible), and avoiding large groups or gatherings of people are all important tools to make social distancing a success. Quarantine is for people who have been exposed to COVID-19, but do not currently have symptoms. Quarantine means that a person or group of people (such as in a household or contacts of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19), must stay home and avoid close contact with others for 14 days from the last exposure to a COVID- 19 positive person. Isolation is for someone who is sick with COVID-19 or has been tested for COVID-19. Isolation is used to prevent ill people from spreading the virus to others and may be done at home if the person is not sick enough to be admitted to the hospital. For someone in isolation while they wait for a test result, upon a negative result, the person would be released from isolation. For someone who has tested positive, they must remain in isolation for “10 days from the beginning of symptoms OR 72 hours after fever is gone without the use of fever reducing medicine and other symptoms have significantly improved WHICHEVER IS LONGER” (https://www. coronavirus.kdheks.gov/ DocumentCenter/View/134/ Isolation--Quarantine- Guidance-and-FAQs-PDF- --5-4-20). Those who are in isolation are to remain at home unless it is an emergency situation. If they live in a house with other people, they need to avoid all contact with other members of the household, and stay in a room by themselves, if possible, as well as not sharing household items and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces. Prior to COVID-19, it seems as a society, we had become used to working when we were sick, pushing through, as though we were trying prove how tough we were, invariably spreading germs in the process. COVID-19 has made us rethink what we do when we are sick—or at least it should have. If you are feeling sick, please stay home and out of public spaces until you are feeling well. If you are experiencing COVID-19 like symptoms, please call your healthcare provider. Testing has become more accessible and results have been returning to the providers faster. Quarantine and isolation are not meant to be a punishment or cause to avoid seeking medical treatment, they are to help prevent the spread of the virus in our community. While it may seem to be a huge inconvenience, it is temporary. We should have all been staying home when we were sick anyway, PRIOR to COVID-19. Courtesy of Rachael Sebastian, Language Arts Instructor � ������� Well, can you believe it has been another month and we have had three lovely ladies’ birthdays and those ladies are Laura Vogt, Verna Harris and Frances Young. We had family members in the courtyard with signs and they were able to watch and talk to them on the telephone. These would have been some perfect parties if families would have been able to be inside so we could have hugged them. Shayla made some beautiful cakes like she always does. We had some window painting done by Sheri Elder, Lori Brandl and her two daughters, Mattie and Hannah. The residents really enjoyed watching them. We have started planning for the flowers and what we wanted to plant in the garden. That will be fun and give us something to look forward to in May. Everyone is missing our volunteers and Church services and we are ready for things to be back to normal. Also we want to remind everyone that we are planning a drive-by parade on May 9th at 1 o’clock. We will be meeting at the 4-H building at 12:45 p.m. and plan to go down main street and around to go by the front of the nursing home. There, we will be waiting in the front, anxiously waiting to see all the decorated cars/ signs. So whether you have a special one at the LTC or not! — join in and help us make some good memories and some fun for everyone! I will be posting on facebook the details this week. — Brenda Leon Viral inspired poetry by Greeley County student Just Too Far By Zoey Shivers, 7th grade The land is cold and lifeless, Like a desolate place where no one talks to each other, No one looks at each other, So dark, the day is warm yet the night is cold, Where are the people? Where did they go? As I look to dawn though it feel as if it has moved farther away than my reach, as I run to catch it, though it feels of a never ending pain, As if I were wasting away and no one would ever find me, Though all the sorrow tries to engulf me I still know there’s hope, Hope in fighting through the fog, through thick and thin we shall prevail, not to fall or fail May 4, 2020 The Word of the Week for Week 12 is Adapt Adapt: To adapt is to adjust oneself to different conditions or environment or to become familiar or comfortable with something. You could also think of adapt as a way to change or modify something to suit different conditions or uses i.e. make something suitable for a new purpose. A more common way of thinking of “adapt” is in the context of our current reality…… we clearly are living in a rapidly changing world and we must all learn to adapt or adjust to our new normal. As legislators, we show the ability to adapt when we can change our ideas or behavior to make them suitable for a new situation. Because change is constant and inevitable, legislators must be flexible and adaptable to succeed in creating good public policy and working with others. Adaptability is a soft skill in the “world of work” that means being able to rapidly learn new skills and behaviors in response to changing circumstances. In civil discourse, we admire those who are flexible and have the ability to respond effectively; especially when things don’t go as planned. Being able to adapt allows us to share new information and problem solve as we shift and look for innovative ways to bring about changes. If we embrace adaptability, then we will be able to view disruption as a challenge, rather than a threat and we will prevail through uncertain times. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.” ---George Bernard Shaw — Kansa Legislative Caucus on Civility and Civil Discourse Civil Discourse Word of the Week
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Dixon Drug is OPEN —
just in time forMOTHER’S Day!
As of Monday, May 4th, Dixon Drug/ Redeeming Grounds doors will be OPEN to customers again!
Come see us and what we have for Mother’s Day!!
620-376-4224
We will maintain social distancing with one-way aisles, NO seating in the coffee shop, 25 customer max in the store, please do not enter in groups — if you have been sick or around someone who is, please call and we will deliver curbside to your
vehicle.
— NOTICE —Please pick up flowers at the cemetery by May
10th. Thank you!The Cemetery Board
Thank youThe family of Hazel
Reynolds would like to express our sincere thanks and deepest appreciation to Dr. Lindquist, Dr. Ellis, the nursing department and entire hospital staff of Greeley County Hospital for their excellent care of our mother and in making it possible for members of her family to remain with her throughout her final days in the midst of this horrible pandemic situation.
We’d also like to express
our gratitude to the staff of Dixon Drugs and to our local EMTs for their excellent care as well. There’s been a great deal of gratitude expressed throughout the nation for all our medical heroes, but we can think of no group more deserving of our thanks and admiration than those right here in our own community who work so tirelessly and compassionately in their service.
With utmost appreciation, the Hazel Reynolds’ family
Update from the Greeley County Health Department
The health department will begin scheduling appointments, starting the week of May 4th, but will remain closed to walk-ins. We ask that only those essential to the scheduled appointment attend (i.e. baby and one parent, adolescent and one parent, or only the adult receiving immunizations). We also ask that all adolescents (11 years and older) and adults wear either a cloth mask, scarf, or bandana over their nose and mouth when attending and throughout the appointment. Paperwork will be brought out to the car for parents to fill out, screening questions will be asked, temperatures checked, as well as having clients wait in the car until staff indicates they are ready for them, thereby limiting the amount of time and number of people that are in the office.
As nearly everyone is aware, Kansas has started to ease the stay-at-home restrictions that have been in place since March 30th. Please keep in mind that we are just now starting to see more cases in Western Kansas, as well as increased availability in testing. Please continue to stay home if you are feeling sick, washing your hands frequently for at least 20 seconds, and avoid unnecessary travel to places where there is an active outbreak (i.e. Finney, Ford, and Seward counties). Medical and doctor appointments are necessary travel.
While it is still recommended that people wear a mask in public where the 6 feet of social distancing cannot be maintained, there have been a lot of people upset by the recommendation. When you see me at the post office or grocery store, I will be wearing one—there’s no guarantee that I have not been exposed somewhere along the way and could be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus, and I don’t want to be the one who unwittingly passes it along to someone in the community with a weakened immune system or who’s body might react differently to the virus. I do not consider wearing a face mask in public as “living in fear” as it has been suggested on social media—I consider it to be practical and doing my part to protect my community.
I promised last week that there would be information about the difference between isolation and quarantine. While we have been encouraged to practice social distancing over the past month, it is important to understand that it is to help those who have not been exposed to COVID-19 from contracting it and spreading it on to others. Good hand hygiene, staying home when sick, working
from home (if possible), and avoiding large groups or gatherings of people are all important tools to make social distancing a success. Quarantine is for people who have been exposed to COVID-19, but do not currently have symptoms. Quarantine means that a person or group of people (such as in a household or contacts of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19), must stay home and avoid close contact with others for 14 days from the last exposure to a COVID-19 positive person. Isolation is for someone who is sick with COVID-19 or has been tested for COVID-19. Isolation is used to prevent ill people from spreading the virus to others and may be done at home if the person is not sick enough to be admitted to the hospital. For someone in isolation while they wait for a test result, upon a negative result, the person would be released from isolation. For someone who has tested positive, they must remain in isolation for “10 days from the beginning of symptoms OR 72 hours after fever is gone without the use of fever reducing medicine and other symptoms have significantly improved WHICHEVER IS LONGER” (https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/134/I so la t ion- -Quaran t ine -Guidance-and-FAQs-PDF---5-4-20). Those who are in isolation are to remain at home unless it is an emergency situation. If they live in a house with other people, they need to avoid all contact with other members of the household, and stay in a room by themselves, if possible, as well as not sharing household items and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces.
Prior to COVID-19, it seems as a society, we had become used to working when we were sick, pushing through, as though we were trying prove how tough we were, invariably spreading germs in the process. COVID-19 has made us rethink what we do when we are sick—or at least it should have. If you are feeling sick, please stay home and out of public spaces until you are feeling well. If you are experiencing COVID-19 like symptoms, please call your healthcare provider. Testing has become more accessible and results have been returning to the providers faster. Quarantine and isolation are not meant to be a punishment or cause to avoid seeking medical treatment, they are to help prevent the spread of the virus in our community. While it may seem to be a huge inconvenience, it is temporary. We should have all been staying home when we were sick anyway, PRIOR to COVID-19.
Courtesy of Rachael Sebastian, Language Arts Instructor
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Well, can you believe it has been another month and we have had three lovely ladies’ birthdays and those ladies are Laura Vogt, Verna Harris and Frances Young. We had family members in the courtyard with signs and they were able to watch and talk to them on the telephone. These would have been some perfect parties if families would have been able to be inside so we could have hugged them. Shayla made some beautiful cakes like she always does.
We had some window painting done by Sheri Elder, Lori Brandl and her two daughters, Mattie and Hannah. The residents really enjoyed watching them.
We have started planning for the flowers and what we wanted to plant in the garden. That will be fun and
give us something to look forward to in May.
Everyone is missing our volunteers and Church services and we are ready for things to be back to normal.
Also we want to remind everyone that we are planning a drive-by parade on May 9th at 1 o’clock. We will be meeting at the 4-H building at 12:45 p.m. and plan to go down main street and around to go by the front of the nursing home. There, we will be waiting in the front, anxiously waiting to see all the decorated cars/signs. So whether you have a special one at the LTC or not! — join in and help us make some good memories and some fun for everyone! I will be posting on facebook the details this week.
— Brenda Leon
Viral inspired poetry by Greeley County student
Just Too FarBy Zoey Shivers, 7th grade
The land is cold and lifeless,Like a desolate place where no one talks to each other, No one looks at each other,So dark,the day is warm yet the night is cold,Where are the people?Where did they go?
As I look to dawn though it feel as if it has movedfarther away than my reach,as I run to catch it,though it feels of a never ending pain, As if I were wasting away and no one would ever find me,
Though all the sorrow tries to engulf me I still know there’s hope, Hope in fighting through the fog,through thick and thin we shall prevail,not to fall or fail
May 4, 2020The Word of the Week for
Week 12 is AdaptAdapt: To adapt is to
adjust oneself to different conditions or environment or to become familiar or comfortable with something. You could also think of adapt as a way to change or modify something to suit different conditions or uses i.e. make something suitable for a new purpose. A more common way of thinking of “adapt” is in the context of our current reality…… we clearly are living in a rapidly changing world and we must all learn to adapt or adjust to
our new normal.As legislators, we show the
ability to adapt when we can change our ideas or behavior to make them suitable for a new situation. Because change is constant and inevitable, legislators must be flexible and adaptable to succeed in creating good public policy and working with others. Adaptability is a soft skill in the “world of work” that means being able to rapidly learn new skills and behaviors in response to changing circumstances.
In civil discourse, we admire those who are flexible and have the ability to respond effectively; especially when things don’t go as planned. Being able to adapt allows us to share new information and problem solve as we shift and look for innovative ways to bring about changes. If we embrace adaptability, then we will be able to view disruption as a challenge, rather than a threat and we will prevail through uncertain times.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.” ---George Bernard Shaw
— Kansa Legislative Caucus on Civility and Civil Discourse
Civil Discourse Word of the Week
