by Julie Gibbs

As part of K‐State’s comprehensive and proactive approach to encourage students to stay safe and healthy, K‐State is requiring all students — new and returning* — to complete the Alcohol and Sexual Assault Prevention Program, a Web‐based educational program referred to as Think About It from CampusClarity.

Beginning on July 1, K‐State will implement this comprehensive sexual violence prevention and education program for all students of the K‐State community. This systemwide program will address substance use and sexual violence through interactive educational contents and scenarios. It will take approximately two hours to complete the program and the associated climate survey. The program is designed to help students to:

Make healthy decisions.
Know and understand state laws and K‐State campus policies.
Know local community resources associated with these topics.
Because of its importance, all students are required to complete the training in its entirety prior to the first day of classes in the upcoming semester. Students who do not complete the required training will be unable to register for future classes until the training has been completed.

The content of the sexual violence education portion of Think About It training may be triggering for some individuals. Please direct triggering concerns and requests for alternative training options to the K-State Center for Advocacy, Response and Education, or CARE, at 785-532‐6444 or ksucare@k-state.eduprior to the first day of classes in the upcoming semester.

The Alcohol and Sexual Assault Prevention program will be available beginning July 1 and must be completed by Aug. 24. An email will be sent to each student with a link directly to the program. A hold will be put on students’ accounts if students do not complete this requirement.

If you have any questions, please email healthy@k-state.edu or call Lafene Health Center, Health Promotion office at 785‐532‐6595. Please visit www.k-state.edu/asap for more information.

*Returning students will take the sexual assault prevention portion only. This training will take place annually and will serve to satisfy federal regulations.

Today will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs will reach near 100 degrees across central Kansas with upper 80s across extreme northeast Kansas. Expect isolated to scattered thunderstorms to develop along the Nebraska border this evening, then move southeast across northeast and east central Kansas through the night. The thunderstorm chances will continue on Wednesday across northeast and east central Kansas with highs only reaching the lower 80s across northeast Kansas to the mid 90s across central Kansas. Thunderstorm chances will increase Thursday afternoon and Thursday night as an upper level disturbance will move southeast across the region. Highs on Thursday will be cooler, with 80s expected.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Today: Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds up to 10 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

Friday: Mostly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

Independence Day: Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

Sunday: Mostly sunny with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.

Monday: Mostly sunny with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.

 

Little Apple Post

MANHATTAN- A former Kansas daycare owner was sentenced on Monday in Riley County Court.

Lesa Heiman, Manhattan, was found guilty of aggravated battery and child endangerment following an incident at Aunt Lesa’s Daycare,on April 14, 2014.

In accordance to a plea agreement made with the State, Heiman was sentenced to 6 months with 18 months probation for the primary offense of aggravated battery and 2 months with 18 months of probation for the secondary offense of child endangerment. Both charges will be run consecutively.

The KDHE received a complaint alleging Heiman was holding an infant above her head when the child’s head struck a ceiling fan. The complaint said the day care provider dropped the infant who hit the couch and then fell to the floor.

On the same day, the same infant was left unattended and fell off a couch. The complaints also said Heiman didn’t seek medical care for the child or notify his parents.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The emergency room at Topeka’s Veterans Administration hospital is scheduled to reopen after being closed more than a year.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1U1dSpB ) that the emergency room at Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical reopens Tuesday morning. It’s been closed since Jan. 31, 2014, after the departure of several physicians left the emergency room critically understaffed.

Jim Gleisberg, a spokesman for the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, said in a release Monday that the emergency department now meets staffing levels. He says the Veterans Administration is working with area hospitals and ambulance services to ensure veterans receive emergency care.

Setup for the Ottaway Amusements Carnival in downtown Junction City began Monday. The carnival is part of Sundown Salute that runs Wednesday through Saturday.

Baricades have gone up on several streets in downtown Junction City as crews begin setting up for Sundown Salute.

Ottaway Amusements rolled into town Monday morning and began setting up their carnival rides along 6th Street and North Jefferson.

Ray Ibarra, Public Works Director explained that multiple streets are blocked off to through traffic.

“6th Street is closed from Washington to Adams and Jefferson Street is closed from 7th to 5th, and then the 200 block of 7th Street is blocked off from Jefferson to Adams,” said Ibarra.

Ibarra added that crews will also be blocking off the 500 block of North Washington between 6th and 5th Streets and the 100 block west on 5th Street from Washington to Jefferson.

The streets will be blocked off through Sunday evening, following cleanup.

With the Corps of Engineers releasing 8,000 cfs of water from Milford Lake and only 650 cfs coming into the lake the lake level continues to drop about one foot everyday.

As of Monday morning the lake level was at 1149.57, which is about five feet higher than average.

RJ Harms, Corps of Engineers Project Manager at Milford Lake explained they are expected to continue releasing 8,000 cfs through Thursday,”we’ll be only a couple of feet high by then, and so our 4th of July looks pretty good actually.”

As the water continues to go down and uncovers various boat ramps and campgrounds across the lake the clean up work begins.

“Wakefield probably has the most up there, they have about the flattest campsites. So there’s several piles of debris and driftwood and things that they’ve got pushed up. I think that the State Park and our campgrounds really weren’t impacted all that much, so we just had a little bit of cleanup.”

Harms did say that they are currently adding gravel to some of their lower lying sites and smoothing those out.

Overall Harms said that he is expecting to have a very successful 4th of July Holiday at the Lake with large crowds. He said that with both Tuttle Creek and Lake Perry suffering from high water Milford Lake may see more campers this year.

He added that fireworks will not be allowed to be shot off on Corps of Engineers property during the 4th of July Holiday. He advised campers at other campgrounds to check with the property managers before firing any fireworks off this week.

The Junction City Police Department responded Sunday  to a pair of damage to property reports.  One occurred at 423 West 10th Street, and the other at 140 East 14th Street. In both places police said a report was made for a vehicle being egged over night while parked.

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The Junction City Police Department reported the arrest Sunday of two people on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana and Other Hallucinogenic Drugs, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at 820 South Washington Street, room 229.

Those arrested included Leonel A. Mora Hernandez, 21, Junction City and Alexis Sharnee Lucas-Webster, 24, Junction City.

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Police reported the arrest of two juveniles on suspicion of a curfew violation. The juveniles were arrested at 1:52 a.m. Monday at 1400 North Washington Street.

 

 

 

The Geary County Sheriff’s Department reported the arrest of John Coleman of Waterville, KS on U.S. 77 Highway on suspicion of Driving Under the Influence and Failure to Maintain A Single Lane of Travel.  Coleman was arrested at 12:15 a.m. on Sunday.

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The S.O. reported that Devin A. Simon, Milford, was arrested Sunday evening at 2625 Miller Drive on suspicion of two counts of Domestic Battery, Criminal Damage to Property, and Interference With Law Enforcement.

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Deputies worked two vehicle – deer accidents.

–Saturday night at 10:58 Deputies responded to the 5000 block of Skiddy Road for a single vehicle accident in which Jason Parly, Junction City was traveling southbound in a Chevrolet Sonic when he struck a deer. Party was not injured.

–Deputies responded at 10:27 p.m. Sunday to mile marker 29 eastbound I-70 for a single vehicle accident in which Stephanie Miller, Bloomfield, Illinois was traveling eastbound in a Mitsubishi when she struck a deer. Miller was not injured. The accident location was about four miles west of Junction City.

HERINGTON – A concrete truck driver was injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Monday in Morris County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mack concrete truck driven by Benjamin Thomas Reeves, 28, Junction City, was south bound on U.S. 77 four miles north of Herington.

The vehicle drifted to the right and down into the west ditch.

The driver over corrected and lost control of the truck.

It came back onto the road, overturned and blocked both lanes of traffic.

Reeves was transported to Herington Regional Hospital

The KHP was unsure if the driver was wearing a seat belt.