By Dewey Terrill

JC Post

The annual Geary County 4-H project and livestock auction produced some hefty premiums for the 4-Her’s who were selling Thursday evening. According to Chuck Otte, Geary County Extension Agent, the total amount of all premiums combined was $45,660, up from $43,390 in 2018.

There was a big turnout from the community for the auction, held at the fairgrounds on South Spring Valley Road. It was preceded by the 4-H pork barbecue and watermelon feed.

The projects sold at auction brought $12,485, up from $10,565 in 2018 and the livestock brought $33,175 in premiums, up from $32,825.

The grand champion market steer belonging to Tava Gustafson brought a $1,600 premiumfrom Central National Bank, the grand champion market lamb owned by Kaitlyn Butler a $1,000 premium from Bruna Implement and the grand champion market hog belonging to Cody Brown a $1,100 premium from Rezac Livestock, JB Pearl, Suther’s Feeds. The champion market goat belonging to Kaycee Brown received a $900 premium from Copeland Insurance, Linden Stueve, Moonlite Trucking and Suther’s Feeds. The grand champion project that was entered in the auction by Grady Oentrich, a console table,  received a $500 premium from Intrust Bank.

4-H Project and Livestock Auction results:

Name Tag# Club Ribbon Breed Weight Bid Value Premium Bidder
6. Tate Miller 18968 Humboldt Class Champ Angus 1257 $ 110 $ 1,382.70 $ 700 Town & Country Vet
7. Weston Langvardt 48044 Blue Line Class Champ Crossbred 1281 $ 110 $ 1,409.10 $ 1,050 Century 21 – Holly Beck
8. Caden Goodyear 48047 Humboldt Class Champ Red Angus 1280 $ 110 $ 1,408.00 $ 950 Black Diamond Family Farms
9. Cassidy Miller 18966 Humboldt Res Class Champ Angus 1207 $ 110 $ 1,327.70 $ 750 JB Pearl, JC Harvesting
10. Reece Langvardt 48043 Blue Line Blue Crossbred 1178 $ 110 $ 1,295.80 $ 1,000

Central National Bank, Sink Gordon &
Associates
11. Kourtney Dibben 48046 Humboldt Red Hereford 1116 $ 110 $ 1,227.60 $ 950

First Choice Meats, Gaumond Lumber,
Herington Livestock, Don Eickholt, Lisa
Eickholt, Elaine Dean
12. Ethan Goodyear 48048 Humboldt Red Angus 1203 $ 110 $ 1,323.30 $ 750 Jim Clark Chevrolet
13. Calen Boller* 48056 Humboldt Red Angus 1251 $ 110 $ 1,376.10 $ 750 Intrust Bank
Projects

Name Club Ribbon Project Premium Bidder
14. Adrian Williams Lyon Creek Red Photo of Road Sign $ 1,200 Flint Hills Grain
(Adrian’s photo was
turned back to be
resold.) $ 1,400

Jim Schmidt Family, Phillip Goodyear
Family, Jorgan Beck Family, Mark
Miller Family
15. Alyce Donoho Brookside Res Grand Champ K-State Colors Theme Rug $ 175 Central Kansas Controls
16. Mason Muto* Humboldt Red Fire Pit Woodworking Project $ 475 Intrust Bank
17. Corbin Sanner* Blue Line Purple Lemon Yogurt Cake $ 200 Allen & Paula Dinkel

18. Olivia Kline Humboldt Purple $ 350

Peggy Bennett, Michelle Stimatze,
Anita Ascher
19. Creytin Sanner Blue Line Purple Bubble Gum Planter $ 225 Keith Ascher
20. Deyton Dibben Humboldt Purple Owl Picture $ 200 Steve & Suzanne Altwegg

2019 Geary County Free Fair 4-H Livestock & Project Sale

Basket of Goodies

21. Shevy Olson Clarks Creek Purple Apple Pie $ 275 Florence Whitebread
22. Mikayla Dibben Humboldt Purple Beachy Canvas Wall Hanging $ 225 Copeland Insurance – Linden Stueve
Market Lambs Ear Sale Floor Market

Name Tag# Club Ribbon Breed Weight Bid Value Premium Bidder
23. Kacey Butler 28039 Lyon Creek Res Grand Champ Hampshire 148 $ 130 $ 192.40 $ 525 Harris Show Lambs
24. Ivy Beck 56956 Lyon Creek Class Champ Dorset 116 $ 130 $ 150.80 $ 650 JC Livestock, 5L Club Lambs
25. Alli Lietzan 28028 Clarks Creek Res Class Champ Hampshire 131 $ 130 $ 170.30 $ 825 Jim Patterson, Kenny Brooks
26. Tucker Lietzan 28025 Clarks Creek Res Class Champ Suffolk 137 $ 130 $ 178.10 $ 825

Moonlite Trucking, Kenny Brooks
27. Josie Strauss 56952 Lyon Creek Blue Dorset 145 $ 130 $ 188.50 $ 550 JC Livestock

28. Emmy Gfeller 28037 Blue Line Blue Speckle 139 $ 130 $ 180.70 $ 1,000 Agri Trails Co-op 29. Zoe Riggs 28034 Lyon Creek Blue Hampshire 134 $ 130 $ 174.20 $ 525 Astra Bank
30. Amelia Strauss 56948 Lyon Creek Blue Speckle 144 $ 130 $ 187.20 $ 825 Geary Grain
31. Charlie Strauss 56958 Lyon Creek Blue Speckle 136 $ 130 $ 176.80 $ 1,050 Kniebel Cattle Company
Projects

Name Club Ribbon Project Premium Bidder
32. Clara Gfeller Lyon Creek Purple Grandma Marge’s Chocolate Chip Cookies $ 700 Astra Bank
33. Allyson Donoho Brookside Blue “HOME” String Art $ 110 Central Kansas Controls
34. Hannah Leasure Brookside Purple XS Chocolate Cake $ 140 Baskin Robbins
35. David McIlwain Humboldt Blue Coral Reef Wreath $ 180 Edward Jones – Lisa Deibler-Miller
36. Heston Jahnke Clarks Creek Purple Peach Blueberry Bars $ 300 Prairie Land Partners – John Deere
37. Macie Muto Humboldt Red Wooden Dog Feeder $ 210 Jeff & Sherri Childs
38. Kassidy Jahnke Clarks Creek Purple Handmade Cards $ 275 Town & Country Vet
39. Cori Leasure Brookside Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies $ 250 Nellie Smith
40. Chalee Williamson* Humboldt Blue KSU Tailgating Kit $ 300 Jim Clark Chevrolet
Market Hogs Ear Sale Floor Market

Name Tag# Club Ribbon Breed Weight Bid Value Premium Bidder
41. Grant Roeser 52537 Humboldt Res Grand Champ Cross 253 $ 50 $ 126.50 $ 950 JC Livestock, Lyons Ranch
42. Hanna Miller 52501 Lyon Creek Class Champ York 266 $ 50 $ 133.00 $ 900 Agri Trails Co-op
43. Blake Proietti 52523 Humboldt Blue Berkshire 234 $ 50 $ 117.00 $ 550 Pioneer Farm & Ranch
44. Rylie Ellis 52519 Humboldt Blue Cross 246 $ 50 $ 123.00 $ 950 Richard & Carol Ellis
45. Aleeya Williams 52504 Lyon Creek Blue Cross 298 $ 50 $ 149.00 $ 650 Gustafson Concrete
46. Wyatt Miller 52512 Lyon Creek Blue Hampshire 226 $ 50 $ 113.00 $ 750

Clay Center Livestock, Farmers &
Drovers Bank
47. Morgan Nabus 52559 Humboldt Blue Cross 241 $ 50 $ 120.50 $ 500 Central National Bank
48. Jewels Williams 52510 Lyon Creek Blue Cross 287 $ 50 $ 143.50 $ 500 Intrust Bank
49. Jacob Roeser 52540 Humboldt Blue Cross 302 $ 50 $ 151.00 $ 650 Glessner Dirt Contracting
50. Grady Erichsen 52517 Clarks Creek Blue Cross 287 $ 50 $ 143.50 $ 500 Flint Hills Ag Service – Channel Seed

51. Tyler Proietti 52521 Humboldt Blue Cross 241 $ 50 $ 120.50 $ 700 Heldstab Construction
52. Loagan Holm 52526 Lyon Creek Blue York 250 $ 50 $ 125.00 $ 500

Pottberg Gassman & Hoffman, Farm
Bureau Financial Services – Matt
Machin

53. Brock Nabus 52557 Humboldt Blue Cross 224 $ 50 $ 112.00 $ 500 Effland Seeds, PK Mechanical
54. Gracie Erichsen 52515 Clarks Creek Blue Cross 281 $ 50 $ 140.50 $ 500 Farmers & Drovers Bank, Lyons Ranch
55. Newt Miller 52509 Lyon Creek Blue Cross 263 $ 50 $ 131.50 $ 750 Harris Crop Insurance

56. Logan Nabus 52534 Humboldt Red Cross 257 $ 50 $ 128.50 $ 500 Pioneer Seed – Clint Kramer
57. Zachery Ferris 52507 Lyon Creek Red Cross 249 $ 50 $ 124.50 $ 500 Don’s Tire
58. Jada Nabus 52535 Humboldt Red Cross 276 $ 50 $ 138.00 $ 500 Jim Clark Chevrolet
59. Paige Roeser 52536 Humboldt Red Cross 301 $ 50 $ 150.50 $ 500 Central National Bank
Projects

Name Club Ribbon Project Premium Bidder
60. Austin Sohnrey Humboldt Purple $ 200 Ronnie Thomas Memorial
61. Alana Donoho Brookside Purple $ 100 Roy Garrett, NAPA Council Grove
62. April Strauss Lyon Creek Blue $ 110 Clay Center Livestock
63. Colden Blockcolsky Clarks Creek Blue $ 100 Central Kansas Controls
64. William Strauss Lyon Creek Blue $ 160 Ronnie Thomas Memorial
65. Kaitlyn Sohnrey Humboldt Purple $ 330 Heldstab Construction
66. Chelsey Armbruster Lyon Creek Div Res Champ $ 120 Dr. Jimmy Jenkins
67. Lauren Moon* Brookside Purple $ 275 Central Kansas Controls
68. Taylor Gustafson Clarks Creek Purple $ 425 Day Excavating & Concrete
69. Jordyn Hubley Lyon Creek Blue $ 150 Larry Kramer
Market Goats Ear Sale Floor Market

Name Tag# Club Ribbon Breed Weight Bid Value Premium Bidder
70. Lindsey Ascher 31800 Brookside Class Champ Boer 88 $ 210 $ 184.80 $ 500 Harris Crop Insurance
71. Eliot Oentrich 31798 Humboldt Red Boer 73 $ 210 $ 153.30 $ 500 Central National Bank
72. Karley Kramer 60284 Humboldt Red Boer 64 $ 210 $ 134.40 $ 875 Jim Clark Chevrolet
73. Ava Oentrich 31797 Humboldt Red Boer 75 $ 210 $ 157.50 $ 575 Pioneer Seed – Clint Kramer
74. Kaci Heller 31792 Lyon Creek Red Boer 58 $ 210 $ 121.80 $ 600 Dr. Jimmy Jenkins
Projects

Name Club Ribbon Project Premium Bidder
75. Brittney Dibben Humboldt Purple $ 350 Flint Hills Grain
76. Braden Blockcolsky Clarks Creek Purple $ 175 Intrust Bank
77. Madalynn Harold Clarks Creek Purple $ 600 Gross Wrecker
78. Travis Leasure Brookside Red $ 100 Wallace & Sons Glass – Chris Wallace
79. Lorelei Olson Clarks Creek Purple $ 200 Flint Hills Ag – Channel Seed
80. Marques Story* Humboldt Purple $ 100 Heldstab Appliance
81. Olivia Harold Clarks Creek Purple $ 400 Day Excavating & Concrete
82. Emma Hinds Humboldt Purple $ 410 Richard Sutter
83. Avery Gustafson Houser Clarks Creek Purple $ 490 Houser Rentals – Kelley & Mick Herron
* Graduating Senior

Winter’s Night Painting
Desert Picture

Cookie Basket
Cornhole Game Boards

Gingersnap Cookie Basket
Snickerdoodle Cookie Basket

Barn Quilt
Chess Board with Drawer

Photo of Clarks Creek
Cherry Pie
Spiderman Movie Night Basket

Lemon Tart
Cookies
Zucchini Cupcakes
Geometric Art Painting

4-H Clover Nail Art
Blueberry Yogurt Cake
Photo of Field Work

Horseshoe Cross

Livestock
Numbers Market Value
83 2019 $ 17,678.90 $ 45,660 Total Premiums – 2019
39 $ 12,485 Project Premiums – 2019
44 $ 33,175 Livestock Premiums – 2019
84 2018 $ 15,202.15 $ 43,390 Total Premiums – 2018
39 $ 10,565 Project Premiums – 2018
45 $ 32,825 Livestock Premiums – 2018
69 2017 $ 18,135.35 $ 40,210 Total Premiums – 2017
39 $ 13,210 Project Premiums – 2017

30 $ 27,000 Livestock Premiums – 2017
73 2016 $ 16,518.90 $ 32,415 Total Premiums – 2016
40 $ 10,840 Project Premiums – 2016
33 $ 21,575 Livestock Premiums – 2016

59 2015 $ 14,008.55 $ 32,785 Total Premiums – 2015

34 $ 11,660 Project Premiums – 2015
25 $ 21,125 Livestock Premiums – 2015
54 2014 $ 17,131.24 $ 31,775 Total Premiums – 2014
31 $ 10,025 Project Premiums – 2014
22 $ 21,750 Livestock Premiums – 2014

If you want to pay for your purchases today, you can do so in the fair office. If not, bills will be mailed next week.

The annual Geary County 4-H project and livestock auction is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. That will be preceded by the 4-H Barbecue and watermelon feed at the fairgrounds on South Spring Valley Road.

Extension Agent Chuck Otte said there will be 44 head of livestock and 37 projects going through the sale. The total of 44 head of livestock is just two down from one year ago. “We’ve got all four of the grand champion market animals are being sold and we’ve got one grand champion project being sold.”

The 4-H pork barbecue will run from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. The cost of a meal is $8 and that includes a BBQ pork sandwich, baked beans, chips, fresh vegetables and cookies. The watermelon will be complimentary of Junction City area banks. You can purchase a sandwich only at the barbecue for $4. Proceeds will benefit the Geary County 4-H Council, which funds local 4-Her’s and 4-H activities throughout the county.

 

Photos in both open class and 4-H divisions are part of the Geary County Free Fair. Many of the 4-H youth list photography as one of their project areas.

Here is a sample of what you can see if you visit the fair on South Spring Valley Road Wednesday or Thursday.

 

Tava Gustafson, 11, had the grand champion market steer in the 4-H Beef Show at the Geary County Free Fair. Kaycee Brown, 8, had the reserve grand champion.

Gustafson and Brown are members of the Clarks Creek 4-H Club.

Geary Community Hospital officials have confirmed that former general surgeon, Dr. Charles Bollman, has died. He was 77.

Bollman was a practicing general surgeon for 42 years at Geary Community Hospital before his retirement in June of 2017. In his later years he lived in Osprey, Florida.

Bollman noted in 2017 that when he began working in Junction City in 1974 the community did not have a surgeon. He thought it was a great opportunity for him to start a practice.

Geary Community Hospital CEO Dr. Joseph Stratton confirmed Bollman passed away Tuesday morning. He had been ill in recent days. “That’s a life well lived by someone. There wasn’t a better gentleman than Dr. Charles Bollman, as well as just a very very fine doctor.”

Stratton added Bollman had a big influence on the success of Geary Community Hospital. “When you consider that Geary Community Hospital is about 105 years old and he was here for 42 of those years. That is a significant number of years to be part of a history anywhere of any employer, any institution.”

The Chairman of the Geary Community Hospital Board of Trustees, Dr. Mark Stenstrom, DVM , said. “He was not only a pillar of the hospital  but a pillar of the community. He epitomized the word professional and gentleman.”

The 4-H food judging and food sale was one of the highlights on the opening day of the Geary County Free Fair. Other activities ranged from Open Class Photography Judging to the Pedal Pull and 4-H Horse Show.

The 4-H food sale continues on Tuesday. Other activities will range from the 4-H Livestock Weigh-In to the 4-H Dairy and Goat Show at 4 p.m. The 4-H Bucket Calf and Beef Show will be at 7 p.m. followed by the Barnyard Olympics at 9 p.m.

 

 

Members of the National Guard have been training and working in the Freedom Park area east of Junction City in recent days. Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Michelle Stimatze said they have completed concrete work around the site of the Atomic Annie cannon on the Freedom Park hill overlooking Marshall Army Airfield and I-70. She also noted that the National Guard was moving dirt on Monday and will complete their training exercise on Tuesday.

Stimatze described the improvements. “They’ve poured a concrete pad around Atomic Annie which is good because we really want to get that cannon repainted and then do some other upgrades in that area.”

More work will need to be completed by others to get the cannon repainted, clean up of the area and walking trails put in before winter begins. Stimatze said the CVB will reach out to an organization that works on projects of this type to see if there can be a partnership, and if not there would probably be others locally who could provide assistance.

There is also a goal to also clean up the park area at the bottom of the hill. “We’re taking some of the shrubbery that’s not in good shape out. All the signage will come down, new signage will be put up. The concrete patio equipment down there will be repainted.”

The 4-H Food & Food Preservation Judging kicks off the Geary County Free Fair at 1 p.m. Monday. That will be followed by the 4-H Food Sale from 1:30 – 7 p.m.

The Monday lineup also includes the opening of the Money Pit for youth from 5-8 p.m., the United Way Chili contest setup at 5:30 and the contest from 6-7 p.m. with winners announced at 7:15 and the Pedal Pull is set for 7:30 p.m.

The fair runs through Thursday at the 4-H Center and arena just off South Spring Valley Road in Junction City.

Other activities ranging from the 4-H Bucket Calf Consultation and Beef Show at 7 p.m. Tuesday and the 4-H Swine Show at 7 p.m. Wednesday, to the 4-H Barbecue and Watermelon Feed from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday and t he 4-H Project & Livestock Auction at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. There will also be a Ranch Rodeo Friday night at 7 p.m.

 

 

It was hot but that didn’t deter good crowds from attending the Junction City Rodeo both Friday and Saturday nights.

Rodeo Association President Darryl Blocker said even with the heat, “a lot of people showed up.”  On the turnout he added, “The seats were pretty full both nights and we had people sitting up in the grass too, so I say we did alright.”

Cowboys and cowgirls from both the local area and across the state participate in the rodeo and spend two days in Junction City. One bull rider covered the eight-second time required to successfully ride a bull in the bull riding event. There were some fast runs in the barrel racing as well.

Blocker said officials would like to do some upgrades to the arena next year.

The 2019 Junction City Rodeo Queen was crowned Saturday night. She is Rebecca Thornton, 18, Concordia, Kansas.

UPDATE:

The Kansas Highway Patrol has released information on the accident that occurred on Friday on I-70.

The driver of a Kenworth Semi-tractor trailer rig was Sahal Abdullahi Yusuf. 49, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was listed with a possible injury. Yusuf complained of pain. A passenger, Abdullahi Mohamud Sahal, 22, Minneapolis, Minnesota was not injured. They were traveling in a semi that was hit from behind by a Freightliner semi driven by Lorrie Ann Stevens, 59, Lenexa, Kansas.

Stevens was not injured but a passenger, Timothy Wayne Stevens, 59, Lenexa, was taken to Geary Community Hospital with what was listed as a suspected serious injury. He was in the sleeper berth at the time of the accident.

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Interstate 70 between Grandview Plaza and the Chestnut Street exit off I-70 at Junction City has been reopened to traffic.

The interstate was closed at that location for several hours after one semi-tractor trailer rig hit the rear end of another semi-tractor trailer rig. Haz-mat and then eventually Fort Riley personnel all responded to the scene along with emergency management and law enforcement personnel.

Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges said, “Fort Riley brought out their EOD and also their ammunition expert and they were able to offload using a trailer and loader to unload that wrecked semi that had the trailer damaged onto another trailer. “It was then escorted onto Fort Riley.

Fort Riley also issued a statement saying ammunition handlers / technicians from the post assisted Geary County Emergency Management in response to the vehicle crash. “A semi-trailer transporting military munitions between U.S. Army arsenals was involved and disabled.” Trained technicians from Fort Riley Logistics Readiness Center provided a replacement trailer to safely transfer the load which was transported and will be temporarily stored at the Fort Riley Ammunition Supply Point.

The Army said within three days, the civilian contracted trucking company is scheduled to pick up ammunition from Fort Riley ASP to complete their transport to the original destination.

During the closure of the interstate Berges confirmed there were two other accidents as traffic was diverted through Grandview Plaza and Junction City back to Interstate 70 farther west. He knew of no injuries in those accidents.

The heat made it difficult to work outside, said Berges. “It was hot. We checked, and at one point the heat index was over 103 out there. We had guys in special suits out there, kept everybody hydrated, tried to keep them in the shade and working as teams as much as possible.”

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Westbound I-70 from mile marker 298 to 299 near Junction City was closed earlier this morning due to semi-truck crashes, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

It is not known at this time how long the closure will take place. Motorists will follow the signed detour by lighted message boards. Traffic is being detoured through Grandview Plaza and through Junction City on Washington Street.

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Law enforcement and emergency management personnel responded to I-70 westbound between Grandview Plaza and the Chestnut Street exit at Junction City, mike marker 298 to 299 on Friday morning. Authorities confirm one semi-truck hit the rear end of another semi-truck.

One person sustained a minor injury and was transported to Geary Community Hospital. Following the accident all westbound traffic on the interstate was detoured through Grandview Plaza.

According to Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges one of the semi’s was carrying material that concerned authorities. “We’ve got the hazardous materials team through the State Fire Marshal’s out of Manhattan here to assist us. We’ve got EMS and Junction City Fire coming out as a standby while we take care of the problem.”

As more information becomes available we will update the story here at JC Post.