In an effort to prevent spring and summer injuries, Irwin Army Community Hospital will host a Summer Safety Day.

This event May 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be free and open to the public.

Some of the organizations planning to attend range from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to the Motorcycle Mentorship Group.

This event is scheduled in the Irwin Army Community Hospital parking lot at 600 Caisson Hill Road at Fort Riley.

DICKINSON COUNTY- A Dickinson County man was injured in an accident just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday in Dickinson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Pontiac G6 driven by Justin Lee Keen, 25, Clay Center, was northbound on Kansas 15 three miles north of the Kansas 18 Junction.

The vehicle left the road, vaulted a field entrance and flipped 3 times front to back. The driver was ejected out the back window.

Keen was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.
He was not wearing a seat belt according to the KHP.

The Cabela’s National Team Walleye Championships at Milford Lake May 28-30 will draw 185-person two-man teams from across the country.

They will vie for more than $274,000 in cash and prizes.

The first prize is $30,000 in cash plus a $68,000 Evinrude E-Tec powered 620 Ranger boat.

Overall the Cabela’s NTC pays out $121,000 in cash to the top 50 teams, $14,600 in Cabela’s gift cards to the remainder of the field, and $1,000 in Cabela’s gift cards for Big Fish and Big Basket awards.

Anglers competing in the tournament are expected to be pre-fishing Milford Lake. There will be a pre-tournament banquet for the anglers the evening of May 27 in Junction City.

 

Fort Riley will host a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony to honor the men and women who have given their lives in the defense of the United States.

It is scheduled on Monday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. at the Fort Riley Cemetery.

The speaker will be Col. Andrew Cole, Jr., Fort Riley Garrison Commander.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – A House panel has unveiled a $578.6 billion spending plan that includes a pay raise for military men and women, money to continue building the aircraft that protects ground troops and funds to fight terrorism.

A House appropriations subcommittee on defense will consider the measure tomorrow.

The bill covers the core defense budget plus $88.4 billion for a war-fighting fund that finances military operations in Afghanistan, the Mideast and elsewhere.

It also provides money for a 2.3 percent pay raise for military men and women. That’s a bigger bump than the 1.3 percent the White House requested. The measure also provides money to maintain 100 percent of troop housing costs, and guarantees the A-10 Warthog remains available to protect ground troops with close air support.

 

Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to K-57 Highway Monday evening for a two-vehicle injury accident.

A Chevrolet Malibu driven by Timothy McNully, Fort Riley, made a U-turn in front of a Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Adam Kleist, Fort Riley. Both vehicles were northbound.

The Sheriff’s department reported that Kleist was transported to Geary Community Hospital.

The Bill Snyder Highway Half Marathon and 5k will be this Saturday, May 23.

You can register at their website here!

 

The Bill Snyder Highway Half is partnered with Homecare and Hospice of Manhattan at the request of Coach Bill Snyder. See more about Homecare and Hospice of Manhattan at their website here.

Irwin Army Community Hospital leadership will conduct a signing ceremony with its collective bargaining unit to promote the establishment of a tobacco-free campus on all Fort Riley medical facilities.

The ceremony is scheduled Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Hospital at 600 Caisson Hill Road on post.

The tobacco-free campus policy will impact the Hospital, plus the Fort Riley Dental Activity, Veterinary Services, and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2324.

The policy will be implemented in a phased approach no sooner than 30 days after the signing ceremony. All designated smoking areas will be removed and tobacco products may only be used in privately owned vehicles during the initial phase at all Fort Riley medical facilities excluding the new hospital.

The initial phase will end upon final occupancy of the new hospital. At that time, any use of tobacco products will be prohibited at all medical facilities within defined campus boundaries.

IACH’s Occupational Health Clinic will provide tobacco cessation assistance to civilian personnel employed at Fort Riley medical facilities who want to quit using tobacco products.

According to the National Weather Service of Topeka, you should expect increasing clouds Today with a slight chance of showers developing across north central Kansas this afternoon. Highs will continue to be cool with upper 50s to mid 60s. Tonight, the rain chances will increase through the evening hours and continue into Wednesday morning. There may be a few isolated storms Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall may cause some minor flooding. Highs on Wednesday will only reach the mid to upper 50s. There will be periods of showers and thunderstorms Friday Night and through the weekend. Some of the storms may produce heavy rainfall. High temperatures will warm into the 70s this weekend.

Today: Mostly sunny in the morning…then mostly cloudy with chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Tonight: Showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows around 47. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Cloudy. Showers likely in the morning…then slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs around 56. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s.

Friday Night: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.

Saturday: Thunderstorms likely. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Saturday Night: Thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Sunday And Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.

Memorial Day: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.

 

Kansas Senate Democratic leader Anthony Hensley is the keynote speaker for the Geary County Democrats’ annual Democratic banquet where he will provide an update on the 2015 legislative session.

The event is scheduled Thursday, May 28. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with dinner to follow at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard By Marriott Convention Center in Junction City.

Tickets are $40.

For more information contact Shelley Hoyle Kite at 785-238-6222 and tandskite@coxnet.