BRECKENRIDGE, MO – A Manhattan man avoided injury in an accident just after 8:30p.m. on Thursday in Caldwell County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Pontiac GS driven by Andrew L. Fields, 22, Manhattan, was eastbound on U.S. 36 one mile west of Breckenridge.

The vehicle ran off the north side of the road. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle ran off the south side of the road and collided with a rock embankment.

A passenger in the vehicle Elizabeth J. Lefaoseu, 20, Tacoma, WA., was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Fields was not injured.

Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.

EAA Chapter 1364 will be offering free airplane rides to kids from 5th grade through the age of 17 at the Wing Nuts Kids Aviation Education Program on Saturday, oct. 10, from 9 a.m. until noon.

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The Flint Hills EAA CHapter 1364 is presenting “The Wing Nuts Youth Aviation Education Program.”

This is a program where young people can learn about aviation by working hands on restoring a Piper TriPacer under the guidance of adult Chapter mentors and FAA licensed technicians.

You can participate in flight training in a full motion flight simulator and an actual flight experience is available through the EAA Young Eagles Program.

The sessions are 9 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of every month at the EAA Hangar on Freeman Field, Junction City Airport, 18th & jackson.

Participants can include anyone currently in the fifth grade through high school. There is no cost to participate. All costs are covered by EAA Chapter 1364 and supported by a grant from the Don Dodge Fund of the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation.

It costs nothing to fly. Young Eagle flight expenses are covered by the volunteer EAA member pilots. Parent or guardian signature is required for Young Eagle Flights. There is no formal sign up or registration to participate in Wing Nuts. Just attend ready to learn, and you can bring your parent or guardian if they would like to attend. For more information visit www.youngeagles.org.

Also, Teachers, Scout Leaders and Youth Workers if you want to offer Young Eagles flights to a group of youth from 8 to 17 years of age contact Jim Clark at flinthillseaa@gmail.com or call 785-210-7500.

 

To recognize and celebrate Chapman USD 473’s Adopt-A-School Unit from Fort Riley, the 5th Squadron 4th Cavalry Unit, the school will be holding a Military Appreciation night Friday during the Chapman High football game against Marysville.

Superintendent, Lacee Sell explained that anybody in uniform, or showing any type of ID with family will get in free.

“Then specifically at halftime our students are going to be re-signing the charters with the units, that’s just the unification of whatever school is signing with each of the Units,” said Sell. “And then we are going to be presenting a thankyou flag that is in representation of our partnership with the Big Red One, with the 5-4 CAV and then of course with USD 473.”

That flag will go with the 5-4 CAV on their upcoming deployment to the middle east.

The night will also include a visit from KS Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson, who will be assisting with the pre-game coin flip.

Other activities include the presentation of the banner for the CHS Softball teams 3rd place finish last year at the state tournament, and a special black out performance after the game by the marching band.

Friday’s game kicks off at 7 pm at the football complex on the east side of the Chapman Middle School.

Junction City and Geary County will be sending a delegation to Washington D.C. for next weeks Association of the United States Army annual meeting.

John Seitz, Junction City Military Affairs Council Director explained that for the lack of better words AUSA is a “lobbying group” and represents the needs and views of the Army to Congress and others who need to hear about it.

When explaining why it’s important for the Junction City delegation to attend Seitz compared it to the Community Listening Session held this past February.

“It’s important to show up and be counted. If people don’t see you, they forget about you,” said Seitz. “For our group that’s going this year, it’s an opportunity for them to spend some time in the Congressional offices. Make the needs of the community known and get information to bring back, it’s a two-way street there.”

Junction City representatives attending include Mayor Mick McCallister, Commissioner Phyllis Fitzgerald, City Manager Allen Dinkel, Chamber CEO Dennis Beson, Chamber Marketing Manager Michele Stimatze, John Montgomery, Mark Edwards and Seitz.

The AUSA Meeting will kick off Sunday with the annual Army 10-Miler race and will last through next Wednesday.

ST. MARYS- Two men were injured in an accident just before 9a.m. on Thursday in Pottawatomie County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge truck driven by Jeffrey Lee Freeman, 52, Topeka, was northbound on Maple Hill Road one mile south of St. Marys. The Dodge went left of center.

A 1987 Ford pickup driven by John C. Rookstool, 62, Wamego, was southbound on Maple Hill Road and went left of center to avoid the Dodge.

At the same time the Dodge corrected and reentered the northbound lane. The Dodge hit the Ford head-on.
Rookstool was transported to St. Marys Community Hospital.

Freeman was transported to St. Marys and transferred to Stormont Vail in Topeka.

Freeman was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

The Geary County Historical Society in Junction City will host “Jackalopes, Hodags and other Larger than Life Myths from the American Road,” a presentation and discussion by Erika Nelson on October 17 at 1:30 p.m at the Museum located at 530 North Adams.

Members of the community are invited to attend the free program, which is being made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council. The presentation will examine the origins of the legends, the people who crafted them, and how they reflect the regions they inhabit.

The presentation will be in conjunction with the opening of a new exhibit, “Our Cabinet of Curiosities.” The exhibit explores curiosity cabinets and how they evolved into museums. You can explore the exhibit to learn about natural history artifacts that were found in Geary County.

Erika Nelson is an independent artist, educator, and director of the World’s Largest Things, Inc. Her research interests include roadside attractions and outsider art environments. She explores the back roads of the United States in sesarch of the odd and unique in her mobile museum, the World’s largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things.

Four Kansas City area men have been arrested by Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies on suspicion of Exceeding Creel / Possession Limits.

They include Jayson Martin and Jerry Martin of Kansas City, KS., and Rohn Celestine and Danny Dohres of Kansas City, MO. All four were arrested at the Milford Outlet Park early Wednesday evening.

According to Tony Wolf, Geary County Sheriff, the four men were arrested for allegedly being over the limit on wipers. They had caught 77 wipers. The limit was two.

 

The title of an event Monday, Oct. 12 at the Junction City Middle School Auditorium is “Drug Use of Geary County Teens.”  It is scheduled from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

The Director of the 8th Judicial District Community Corrections Meredith Butler said the Geary County Prevention Partnership is working with the Kansas Highway Patrol, JCPD, 8th Judicial District Adolescent Resource Center and the Geary County Attorney’s Office to present information during this session.

The agenda includes new trends, signs of use, behavior patterns, legal ramifications, and community resources.

Parents and community members are invited to attend this event to learn more about trends in drug use by Geary County teens. There is no charge to attend.