The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies responded to the 4000 block of Old Highway 40 at 1:50 Wednesday afternoon for a single vehicle non-injury accident.
Anthoyn Wasylk, Chapman, was driving his 1998 Toyota Camry when he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a guardrail.
The May membership meeting for the Geary County Fish & Game Association will include a program by Mike Houck, Threatened and Endangered Species Biologist at Fort Riley, who will provide an uypdate on the status of the Greater Prairie Chicken on Fort Riley property.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13th, at Sportsman’s Acres.
Fort Riley has extensively monitored the Greater Prairie Chicken and has harvest data since 1970. The Post also has elk survey data from the 1980’s and has conducted in-depth monitoring projects in 2005 and has one in progress this year. He will also discuss other game species such as elk, deer, quail and turkey, and their management plans for those species.
Houck will also provide an update on Fort Riley’s web based outdoor recreation site ( fortrileyisportsman.net).
Auld Road on the west side of Milford Lake north of the School Creek area has been barricaded due to water crossing the roadway.
Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges provided the information, noting there is one residence on that roadway, but there is second access to that property. ” There’s also some public hunting up there so it could affect some public hunting areas around Milford Lake. It should not affect most people, though.”
Houston Road on the east side of the lake going into the City of Milford, was barricaded to traffic about two weeks ago due to high water across the road.
The measures had to be taken due to the high water elevation of Milford Lake, which is more than 11 feet above normal conservation pool level.
The Junction City Fire Department received a call for a structure fire in a chimney at 4:26 a.m. Thursday at 220 East 7th Street. Fire Chief Terry Johnson said Fire Department units responded to the incident and found a single story structure with smoke coming from the building.
The fire was in the chimney area and caused exensive damage to the house. The occpants had no power or gas active at the time of the fire. The structure is not inhabitable at this time.
No injuries were reported. The damage estimate was placed at $10,000.
The Red Cross is assisting the occupants….a family of four.
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The Junction City Police Department reported that both police and firefighters responded to that location at 4:23 a.m. for a residential fire. No criminal activity is suspected.
The Fire Department confirmed it involved a chimney fire. A family of four lived at the residence and the Red Cross has been notified to assist.
We will pass more details on as they become available.
The Army said the Fort Riley post-wide sale is scheduled Saturday ( May 4th ) from 8 a.m. to noon.
DOD ID card holders who live off-post are able to participate and need to register in advance. There is no cost. There will be two parking lots where off-post sellers can set up; in either the Commissary or The Exchange. Sellers may sign up in person at customer service of either store.
For more information about the spaces available to eligible off-post sellers, call the Commissary at 785-240-0459 or The Exchange at 785-784-2026 extension 206.
Visitors are welcome to shop. All vehicles containing a visitor – any occupant who does not possess either a DOD ID card, Fort Riley Access Badge or Pass or not escorted by a trusted traveler – must enter through Henry Gate. Exit 301 off I-70.
Visitors may obtain their temporary pass or badge early by stopping by the Visitor Control Center. The Visitor Control Center (Bldg 885) is located just prior to the Henry Gate Access Control Point and is open during the following hours: Mon-Fri: 5:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m. and Sat-Sun and Federal Holidays: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Kansas State University Crops Team earned top awards at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judgin Conference at Murray State University in Kentucky. Six students participated in three events, placing first in both the crops contest and precision agriculture contest, and second in the knowledge bowl.
In the crops contest the K-State team placed first over Iowa State.
Individually, Nate Dick, junior in agronomy from Inman, took first place overall, and Kaylin Fink, senior in agronomy from Chapman. placed third. Jayden Meyer, agricultural economic major from Smith Center, placed eighth and Luke Ryan, sophomore in agronomy from Solomon, placed tenth.
In the precision agriculture event, the team placed first overall ahead of Illinois State University. Luke Ryan finished second in UAVs/drones, and Wes Jennings of Abilene placed fourth in spraying technology.
In the Knowledge Bowl, the team went undefeated through the winner’s bracket, but dropped two matches to Iowa State University in the finals.
The NACTA Judging Conference event ended the spring competition season for the K-State Crops Team.
Oscar winning screen writer and Junction City native Kevin Willmott is involved in the work on a new movie. He is collaborating with co-writer Spike Lee on a film “Da 5 Bloods,” a drama about black Vietnam War veterans.
Willmott told JC Post, ” I have a new film that I just wrote with Spike that’s shooting in Thailand right now. ” Willmott added, ” It’s about black Soldiers in Vietnam. ”
Willmott has just returned from Thailand. He said the film is going to be on Netflix.
A professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas, Willmott won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for co-writing “BlacKkKlansman.”
The water level at Milford Lake is currently more than 11 feet above normal conservation pool level.
Blake McFerren with the Corps of Engineers at the lake, noted one safety concern for boaters. ” I would like to remind everyone who’s out boating on Milford Lake this year please be aware of the floating logs out on the water. As the lake continues to rise and we have high inflows from the river more logs are going to be washed down and enter the main lake.”
McFerren said If you are fishing or boating and head north toward Wakefield there could be logs anywhere. “And some of these logs are just barely under the surface where you can’t hardly see them.” McFerren added if you are in that area it might be best to just slow the boat down and be aware of under water obstructions.
The Corps of Engineers is having to hold water back in Milford Lake to prevent downstream flooding.
A new Geary County Historical Museum exhibit “G is for Goat Gland: an Alphabetical History of Geary County opens Saturday at 1 p.m.
Museum Curator Heather Hagedorn said work has been underway on the exhibit since last fall. She said G is for Goat Gland is only one part of the exhibit. “But it is one of the most important parts because it is representing Dr. Brinkley in Milford, who was known for being kind of an eccentric guy in the 1920’s. He performed surgeries on men and women that involved inserting parts of goats where they shouldn’t have been in humans.”
Brinkley ran the hospital in Milford, started one of the first radio stations in the nation and was two time candidate for governor of Kansas.
Also in the exhibit, “R” is for Rathert Field where parts of the green stadium seats have been created, “O” is for Opera House and “E” is for epidemic because of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic began at Fort Riley.
Humanities Kansas Speaker Jerry Harper will speak at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Museum on the topic, “Feel Your Oats ( With Help from a Goat )” about the strange life of Dr. J.R. Brinkley.
Applications are being accepted for this year’s Law Enforcement Summer Camp. Applications can be found at the Junction City Police Department, Junction City Middle School, Junction City High School or on the City website https://jc.municipalcms.com/pView.aspx?id=3203&catid=3.
The application deadline is June 1st. Applicants must be entering the 7th or 8th grde in the fall. This is for USD 475 students only. There is no charge for this camp.
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