( L-r ) Wheels of H.O.P.E. board members Molly Schuckman and Shelly Kite were guests on a recent JC Now Radio program on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM to promote the food drive.
As of Saturday Wheels of H.O.P.E. had received donations of 13,453 food items and collected $1,034.36 through their two-day food drive in Junction City. Some more items are expected to come in. The drive was held at both Walmart outlets and at Dillons.
Board member Shelley Kite said officials were pleased with the kindness and compassion from the community for people who need a little help with their food. “We use it to purchase food primarily and take care of the upkeep of the Food Pantry ( at the First United Methodist Church ). We give out to our 80 to 85 families almost 6,000 items per month. ” Kite called the donation of 13,000-plus items outstanding and noted that it will provide help for about two and a half months.
The Wheels of H.O.P.E. food drive in 2018 brought in about 11,000 items.
Wheels of H.O.P.E. helps feed those in need of food in the Grant Avenue and Grandview Plaza areas.
BUTLER COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Sunday in Butler County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by Theresa Diane Carroll, 58, Lincolnville, was northbound on Kansas 177 highway two miles north of 160thRoad.
The motorcycle entered a curve traveling too fast, left the roadway, flipped end over end ejected driver.
The motorcycle and driver came to rest in the north ditch of the roadway. EMS transported Caroll to a hospital in Wichita.
Rathert Field and the Opera House to the Late Dr. John Brinkley are among the focus areas in the new exhibit that opened Saturday at the Geary County Historical Museum.
Curator Heather Hagedorn said the exhibit, called “G is for Goat Gland: An Alphabetical History of Geary County, “will be up for two years. It is located in the auditorium on the second floor of the museum. “We had about 40 people attend the presentation by Jerry Harper from the Humanities Kansas. “All About Dr. Brinkley” and then they looked around the exhibit for awhile.”
Brinkley is remembered for his medical procedure where goat glands were implanted into men back in the 1920’s. He owned the hospital, one of the early radio stations, KFKB and was an unsuccessful two-time candidate for governor.
Hagedorn said big scenes were created for the letters “O” and “R” which represented the Opera House and Rathert Field. “And then we have some really large photographs from the 1918 epidemic ( Spanish flu ) and from old Fort Riley that we blew up that people can kind of immerse themselves in, that I love.”
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Elizabeth Smart, whose abduction and safe return captivated the nation, will deliver a keynote address at this year’s School Counseling Camp hosted by the Kansas State University College of Education.
The event will be May 28-29 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 410 S. Third St., Manhattan.
From her home in Utah at 1 p.m. May 28, Smart will deliver virtually “Where There’s Hope: Strategies to Promote Healing, Hope and Resiliency.”
Smart was abducted from her bedroom at knifepoint in June 2002. In the ensuing nine months, she faced unspeakable abuse at the hands of her captors before returning home in 2003. Today, Smart is married with two children and host of Lifetime’s “Smart Justice.”
Judy Hughey, associate professor of special education, counseling and student affairs and camp organizer, said Smart’s presentation aligns perfectly with what school counselors do on a daily basis as first responders for students.
“Elizabeth’s message of resilience and hope is powerful for our school counselors because it helps students address mental health challenges most individuals cannot begin to imagine,” Hughey said. “School counselors are often the first responders for students experiencing physical and emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, and other forms of trauma common to our students today, which is why Elizabeth’s message is so valuable.”
The role of a school counselor, Hughey said, is to help students from preschool to the 12th grade focus on academic development, college and career readiness, and social/emotional development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead productive and fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.
This is the sixth year of the counseling camp, which was created to provide quality professional development for school counselors and school counseling graduate students in Kansas and surrounding states. Around 350 school counselors attend the two-day event each year.
For career changers interested in becoming school counselors, Hughey said the coursework for Kansas State University’s program may be completed in 24 months with a combination of online courses as well as classes in Manhattan or at Kansas State University Olathe. If you are interested in the program please visit the College of Education’s list of graduate programs at coe.k-state.edu/academics/graduate/school-counseling.html or contact Hughey at jhughey@k-state.edu.
“There is a severe shortage of school counselors in Kansas — we need far more preschool through 12th grade school counselors, and I am proud of the fact that K-State is proactively addressing this need because it will ultimately impact student success,” Hughey said.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The Manhattan-Ogden School Board has approved guidelines for transgender students in the school district.
The board voted 6-1 Wednesday to approve the guidelines, after discussing the issue since December.
The guidelines give students the right to be addressed by the name and pronoun they choose. It also allows students to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity, and it allows students to play for sports teams of their gender identity.
The board heard comments from 21 people expressing both support and opposition.
Some opponents cited religious reasons and others criticized allowing students to play for teams of their gender identity.
Board members who supported the policy said they wanted to do what they thought was best for the students.
A former Geary County Sheriff’s Department employee and retired military service member, Daniel Jackson, is the person the Geary County Republican Central Committee is recommending to serve as the next sheriff.
The vote by the Republican precinct committee men and women totaled 27 votes for Jackson and 9 votes for current undersheriff Brad Clark. There were no other candidates nominated during the convention held Saturday morning at the Geary County 4-H / Senior Citizens Center.
According to Republican Party Central Committee Chair Rick Roberts the recommendation now goes to Governor Kelly. “She has two choices. She can sign off on it and it goes into effect immediately, or after seven days if she does not sign off on to it he will become sheriff of Geary County.”
Jackson will serve an unexpired term of sheriff that runs until January 2021. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Tony Wolf, after Wolf was convicted of one felony count of theft and one misdemeanor count of Misuse of Public Funds.
Following the convention Jackson said it was a little overwhelming at the current time. “It’s just a lot to take in. I’m very excited. I’m think I’m very capable of filling this position, but it’s also at this moment in time very exciting.”
Jackson formerly served with the Sheriff”s Department where he was a deputy who was then promoted to lieutenant and served as a watch commander for a four-man shift. During a later stint with the Department he served as a detective. Jackson is a Geary County native. During his time in the military he served three tours in Iraq and in Afghanistan. He spent two years working at the Pentagon, and is a former employee of the Junction City Police Department. the I-135 Drug Task Force and the Grandview Plaza Police Department.
Jackson said he wants to see increased inter-agency cooperation with the Fire and Police Departments. One example would be to have fire department rescue swimmers on the boat with sheriff’s personnel when they’re patrolling Milford Lake.
Clark was asked for his thoughts on the outcome. “It is what it is and I’ll do what I can to contribute to the success of the department. I’m just relieved it’s over with. I’m glad we’re moving forward.” Clark has served as Acting Sheriff since Wolf was first arrested in October of last year, and before that served as the undersheriff for the department.
Patrick Dittamo, graduate student in music, rediscovered and transcribed a long-forgotten 16th-century Vatican Mass, which will receive its first performance since the Renaissance this weekend in Kansas City.
Patrick Dittamo
Last performed nearly 500 years ago during the reign of Pope Paul III in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, the Renaissance masterpiece “Missa ad te levaviby Bartolomé de Escobedo” (c. 1505-1563) will receive its modern-day world premiere by Charles Bruffy and the Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri, with a repeat performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
The title of the Mass, “Missa ad te levavi,” relates to the Gregorian chant Mass Proper text for the first Sunday of Advent. The Kansas City Chorale will perform the piece much like it would have been performed nearly 500 years ago. The chorale and the Sistine Chapel choir of the 1540s are both 24-voice ensembles, although the Sistine Chapel choir was entirely male. The last time the Mass was heard in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Paul III himself, or a presiding cardinal, would have sung the opening chant intonations for the Gloria and Credo.
The sole surviving manuscript which contained the mass was copied by Sistine Chapel scribe Johannes Parvus in 1540-41, during the same period that Michelangelo completed painting his Sistine Chapel frescoes. Having been held in storage at the Vatican for nearly half a millennium, the original manuscript was damaged in places. Ink corrosion and bleeding affected the paper, but by using modern technology and consulting historic documents, along with the aid of training in early music notation at a Yale University summer program, partially-supported by funding from a College of Arts and Sciences travel scholarship, Dittamo was able to finish a reconstruction and transcription into modern notation in early 2019.
Tickets and more information about this historic event can be found at kcchorale.org. You can preview the “Missa ad te levavi” on YouTube.
The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is a part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Visit k-state.edu/mtd to learn more.
( Logo courtesy of Geary County Central Committee )
The Geary County Republican Central Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday to undertake the process of recommending a new Geary County Sheriff.
Committee Chair Rick Roberts said precinct committee men and women will be the delegates for the convention. “We’ll call it to order at 10 o’clock. It is open to the public but only the delegates will be the people submitting questions or making nominations for the position of sheriff.” The convention will be at the 4-H / Senior Citizens Center.
The process will include nomination of candidates, comments from the person making the nomination, and then the candidates themselves will respond to questions from the delegates. Voting on the candidates will follow. It is possible the process could take multiple ballots.
Once the top vote-getter is selected the Committee will submit the recommendation to the Governor.
The need to fill the vacancy in the sheriff’s post follows the recent resignation of Tony Wolf following his convictions on a felony count of Theft and a misdemeanor count of Misuse of Public Funds.
The Army has announced that Fort Riley’s Mission and Installation Contracting Command, along with the U.S. Army 923rd Contracting Battalion, will partner with state and local agencies for a small business procurement day event Tuesday, May 7, in Topeka.
The event will be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All categories of small businesses are invited to attend this one day, free event, which will inform attendees how to bid for government contracts and facilitate networking with government agencies.
Other partners include the Kansas Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Greater Topeka Partnership, GO Topeka – Entrepreneur Minority Business Development and the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Small business representatives must register for the event at https://www.center-gateway.com/00600T/index.php?EVT=53665
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former University of Missouri-St. Louis graduate student has been convicted of sexually abusing two students in their on-campus apartments in 2017 and 2018.
Bagley-photo St. Louis Co. Jail
24-year-old Devonta Bagley, of Belton, Missouri, was found guilty Thursday of six counts, including sodomy and burglary. Prosecutors say one of the assaults happened in March 2018, just four days before he was due in court on charges that he sexually assaulted an unconscious man at a fraternity at Kansas State University. That charge is pending.
Bagley graduated from Kansas State with a sociology degree in the spring of 2017. He was a graduate student at UMSL before he was expelled in October 2017.
His attorney, Joslyn Anthony, says Bagley maintains his innocence and is disappointed with the verdict.
