Water/ Ways is a Smithsonian institution traveling exhibition about the ways water shapes our lives,and it’s coming to the Geary County Historical Society from January 6 ( Saturday ) to February 18.
The grand opening will be held Saturday, January 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Geary County Historical Museum. The guest speaker will be Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who will give a talk about “Kansas Weather in Life, Literature and Photography, ” with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to follow at 2 p.m.
The Historical Society’s own exhibit “Submerged” will also open Saturday at the Museum.
The Geary County – Junction City Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Committee has announced the schedule of events for the 32nd annual Junction City observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 14-15.
On January 14 there will be a Gospel Tribute and Musical Celebration Sunday, January 14 at the Second Missionary Baptist Church, 710 West 10th Street at 3:30 p.m. The tribute, “A Man with a Message,” will feature guest speaker Dr. larry E. jones, newly installed Paster of SMBC as well as area choirs and ensembles.
The MLK celebration and commemoration will continue on Monday, January 15, at the C. L. Hoover Opera House, 135 West 7th Street at 10 a.m. The keynote speaker for the event is Dr. Marche Fleming-Randle, Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement, Wichita State University. She is the first female and African American to hold that post.
The observance will also recognize the 2018 recipient of the Coretta Scott King Courage Award presented annually to an outstanding individual active in the movement for civil and human rights with service to mankind exemplifying courage and determination to continue the work for unity and peace.
Other invited guests include the 1st Infantry Division Band, the Mike Brown Jazz Ensemble and the Geary County Children’s Choir.
The public is invited, and admission is free for both events.
In an effort to protect its patients, visitors and employees during the influenza season, Geary Community Hospital has implemented visitor restrictions effective immediately until further notice.
Hospital officials say the following restrictions apply.
–Children under 12 years of age may not visit
–DO NOT visit patients at the hospital if you are ill or have flu-like symptoms such as a runny nose, cough, sore throat, fever muscle aches, fatigue or any other symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.
–Visitors are limited to CLOSE FAMILY members only.
Employees and visitors are reminded to wash their hands often, before entering a patient room and prior to leaving the facility. Sinks and waterless hand sanitizer are available throughout the building.
FORT RILEY, Kan. – The “Big Red One” will host a Victory with Honors promotion ceremony for Col. Richard R. Coffman, 1st Infantry Division deputy commanding officer for maneuver, at 4 p.m. Jan. 5 in the division’s headquarters building.
During the ceremony, Coffman will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
Coffman arrived at Fort Riley in September 2017 from the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, where he served as commander of the operations group. His education includes multiple bachelor’s degrees from Centre College, a Master of Business Administration from Embry Riddle
University and a graduate fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The Victory with Honors ceremony will include remarks by Maj. Gen. Joseph M.
Martin, 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley commanding general.
The Junction City Fire Department reports that firefighters responded to a house attic fire at 700 West 7th Street on Monday.
Fire Chief Terry Johnson reported that upon arrival fire and smoke were visible from the attic. Crews put out the fire and began salvage and overhaul operations. No one was injured. All of the occupants of the residence got out of the structure.
On Tuesday morning at 8:45 a.m. fire units returned to the scene to a report of smoke and extinguished the smoldering area.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation. The damage estimate to the structure and contents combined has been calculated at $45,000.
The Geary County Rural Fire Department will be going after federal grant funds in this new year.
Garry Berges, Rural Fire Chief, said the next round of FEMA Assistance to Firefighter grant, is coming open early this year. He noted they’re looking at two different grant possibilities. :Our air packs, most of them are two NFPA cycles behind which means they do different changes on em. They’re also about 15 years old. Anything above 12 years, technically under NFPA rules are outdated.”
Berges stated the County is looking at possibly going with the City of Junction City and putting in a regional grant request to try and get identical air packs. Those cost about $8,000 apiece. He stated the Rural Fire Department needs about 35 of them. If the grant is obtained there would be a five percent local match.
The Rural Fire Chief stated the Department also wants to apply for a grant to replace the turnout gear for volunteer firefighters. That grant is about 15 to 18 years old.
MANHATTAN — Activist and philanthropist Joyce Banda, the first female to serve as president of the African nation of Malawi, will present a Landon Lecture at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at Kansas State University. Banda’s lecture will be in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union and is open to the public.
“It a privilege to welcome her excellency, Joyce Banda, to Kansas State University as a Landon Lecturer,” said Jackie Hartman, chair of the Landon Lecture Series and the university’s chief of staff and director of community relations. “As the second female to lead an African nation, President Banda helped turn her country’s economy around and has been a longtime champion of women’s rights.”
As president of Malawi from 2012-2014, Banda was credited with turning around the nation’s ailing economy. Under the economic reforms she instituted, Malawi’s rate of economic growth rose from 1.8 percent in 2012 to more than 6.2 percent in 2014. In that same time span, Malawi’s operational industrial capacity rose from 35 percent to 85 percent.
Banda also repealed a number of laws which had weakened democratic institutions, infringed on civil liberties and restricted freedom of the press. The health of women and children was a priority in Banda’s presidency. She established the Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood, which helped drop the maternal mortality rate in Malawi.
Before becoming president of Malawi, Banda served as the nation’s vice president, foreign minister, minister of gender and child welfare, and as a member of its Parliament. As minister of gender and child welfare, she championed enactment of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill in 2006, which provided the legal framework to support the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls.
Since leaving office, Banda serves on the boards of Nutrition International Canada and the Tana High Level Forum of Peace and Security in Africa. She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders and a distinguished fellow with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center for Global Development.
The founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation International in 1997, Banda continues her work with the foundation today to transform villages in Malawi by supporting women’s economic empowerment, education, maternal health and HIV/AIDS programs, leadership training and human rights. She also serves as a panelist and motivational speaker at international conferences and forums.
Banda’s work has drawn many honors. She was named one of the world’s most powerful black women by Forbes magazine in 2013 and 2014; one of the most influential people in the world by Time and Forbes; and one of the most inspirational women in politics by CNN.
Her degrees include a bachelor’s in gender studies from Atlantic International University and a master’s in leadership from the Royal Rhodes University of Canada.
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MANHATTAN, KAN. – The Riley County Police Department has announced that attendees of the Little Apple New Year’s Eve celebration Sunday evening will see an increased police presence due to the high number of people expected at the event.
In recent years, heightened security at public events has been more prevalent. The Riley County Police Department routinely uses a risk assessment to help evaluate community functions that are expected to be highly attended such as this one. It should be stressed that no threats of violence have been made. One element to staying safe at public events is to be vigilant and aware of your surroundings at all times.
Those attending are asked to assist law enforcement by avoiding parking vehicles on or near Moro Street between 11th Street and North Manhattan Avenue. A family area has been designated near the stage at the intersection of North Manhattan Avenue and Moro. We encourage families to arrive early to ensure you are able to access a spot and avoid overcrowding. We also strongly caution participants to be prepared for the dangerously low temperatures that are forecast.
The situation report from the National Weather Service was forwarded to JCPost.com on Saturday morning by Geary County Emergency Management.
The hazard this weekend is dangerous wind chill temperatures of 15 below to 30 below zero.
The dangerous wind chills will occur area wide.
A wind chill advisory goes into effect for the entire area beginning Saturday night and continues through Sunday evening. Wind chill values of -15 to -25 are expected during this time period.
A wind chill warning goes into effect Sunday night and continues through Monday morning. Wind chill values of -20 to -30 are expected during this time period.
