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THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990

Two rooms at Colby El nixed

A motion to add two rooms to Colby Elementary School died Monday at the School Board meeting, and a subsequent motion to study the Colby El situation in connection with long term district plans also failed.

The lack of action left hanging the issue of tight space in the EEN areas of the school for the time being, but board members said the Buildings and Grounds Committee would likely take up the matter again soon.

The board had held an informational meeting on the space needs at the school recently, and had received unanimous support for a two-room addition from Supt. Lloyd Rueb, Asst. Supt. Ed Haas and Elementary Coordinator Erv LaFave. A teacher petition also showed overwhelming support for the addition.

“We recommend that the school needs at least two rooms. The problem will not go away. The special education classes are crowded. They improvised last year and are doing the same this year. Our recommendation would cover the district for the short range, two or three years,” Rueb said Tuesday.

Some members ire recent conversations suggested that more rooms might be needed at the school, depending on long-range plans in connection with the middle school concept. That idea has yet to get a thorough study, and some members say construction at the elementary school is dependent on what happens with the middle school idea.

Marilyn Brehm made a motion to approve two room. That failed for lack of a second.

THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1970

Two barns burn Wednesday

A farm fire is always a disaster, but when barns on two good neighboring farm operations burn at the same time, it is a real nightmare.

This happened Wednesday night at the Lloyd Wagner and Harold Block farms, across the road from each other in the town of Colby, four miles west of Colby, two miles south and another half-mile west.

Both barns were believed to have been struck by lightning in a storm that also killed heifers on Arnold Edblom farm in rural Unity.

The barn on the Lloyd Wagner farm was the first to burn. Mr. Wagner and his oldest son were in a garage when there was considerable electrical activity. Shortly after five they went out to begin milking when they noticed smoke coming from the barn.

The Colby fire department was called, but flames were already too far advanced to save the buildings. The fire apparently on the west end of the barn, where a free stall loafing barn with a metal roof was attached.

There was no machinery in the barn, but the cattle were in. The men were able to drive the cows out, and there were no animals lost.

Destroyed were the old main barn, about 40x80 feet, an 18x60 foot milking parlor attached to the side of the barn, and the approximately 50 by 150 foot loafing barn. The barn also held some 200 tons of hay.

One silo, containing chopped straw for bedding, was damaged.