SCAM ALERT!!!!
The Junction City Police Department has announced via social media that several residents have received calls stating that the caller is from the electric company.
The caller goes on to say their bill is late and if they don’t pay today, their service will be shut off. The caller then instructs them to go to Dollar General and purchase Green Money Cards. THIS IS A SCAM. A BUSINESS WILL NOT ASK FOR YOU TO PURCHASE MONEY CARDS TO PAY YOUR BILL.
The annual Geary County 4-H / Senior Center fundraiser will be this Saturday at the South Spring Valley Road facility with doors opening at 5 p.m.
Events will include a silent auction and raffle, a live auction and dinner.
Tickets are available at the Geary County Extension Office and the 4-H/Senior Center.
The money raised will be used for routine maintenance and improvements to the multi-purpose building which is the location for activities ranging from seniors noon meal to the fair and a number of other special events and meetings.
By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Work on an operational assessment has begun for Geary Community Hospital.
Hospital CEO Dr. Joe Stratton confirmed it’s in the early stages. “We’ve used a company by the name of Community Health Hospital Corporation of Dallas. They own some hospitals in the country, they manage some hospitals, they consult the hospitals. That’s their position with us at this point in time.”
Stratton explained when an operational assessment is done they are looking throughout the organization. “From the clinical operations side to the non-clinical side with revenue cycle, marketing and everything in between.”
Stratton stated they know at GCH that they will have to make some changes moving forward, like all hospitals in Kansas. “I think unfortunately the evidence of that is Horton, Oswego and Hillsboro and some of the struggles those hospitals have been having. We’re aware that.”
The Geary Community CEO added like all hospitals they’re hopeful medicaid expansion will occur. That still unresolved issue is in the Kansas Senate right now. “In the meantime we’ll just set all that aside,and look forward to operating more efficiently over the course of time.”
GEARY COUNTY— Three people died in an accident just after 5:30a.m. Wednesday in Geary County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Camaro driven by Leroy Allen Myers, 58, Arab, AL., was west bound on Interstate 70 at the Kansas 177.
The vehicle entered the median, struck guard rail and vaulted over K177 highway coming to rest on the west side of K177.
Myers and passengers Joey Brannon Tidwell, 21, Albertvile, AL., and Halie Marie Davis, 23, Madison, AL., were pronounced dead at the scene. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP
I-70 was not impacted following the single vehicle three-fatality accident early Wednesday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner confirmed there was some impact on K-177 Highway. “But there is some difficulty for people traveling up and down K-177 just as they get to the scene where they might be guided to a single lane as they navigate through that space.”
The identities of the victims are not yet known. The vehicle involved in the accident left Interstate 70 and wound up on K-177 below about 5:30 a.m. The site is in eastern Geary County south of Manhattan.
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There have been three fatalities in a single vehicle accident on I-70 near K-177 south of Manhattan.
A check with the Kansas Highway Patrol revealed there was a multiple fatality accident. It occurred about 5:30 a.m.
Authorities are working at the scene to gather information and trying to identify the victims. KHP Trooper Ben Gardner said it appeared the vehicle was traveling on I-70 and for an unknown reason left the roadway, went through the median for a time and then down below onto K-177 where it came to rest.
More information should be available later. We will pass it along on JC Post as soon as possible.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on protest in favor of Medicaid expansion at the Kansas Statehouse (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
Capitol Police have banned three Kansas State University students from the Statehouse for a year for participating in the hanging of huge banners favoring Medicaid expansion inside.
Four banners hung briefly from the fifth floor rotunda. They criticized Republican legislative leaders who oppose Medicaid expansion by name and said they have “blood on their hands.”
A legislative policy requires protesters to obtain permission in advance to bring banners into the Statehouse. Legislative Administrative Services Director Tom Day removed them within minutes.
Officer Scott Whitsell said he imposed the yearlong ban because of the policy violation. The banned students are Jonathan Cole, Nate Faflick and Katie Sullivan.
Sullivan questioned whether the ban is legal. But Whitsell if the students return within a year, they face being cited for criminal trespassing.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Kansas have briefly hung huge banners inside the Statehouse criticizing Republican legislative leaders who oppose the idea.
“Blood on their hands” banners drop in the Statehouse naming Kansas Senate President Wagle and Majority Leader Denning who are blocking over 100,000 Kansans from healthcare access #ExpandMedicaid pic.twitter.com/FpAnamSzTt
— Davis Hammet (@Davis_Hammet) March 27, 2019
The four banners hung Wednesday from the fifth floor railings of the rotunda said GOP leaders have “blood on their hands” for blocking Medicaid health coverage for up to 150,000 more Kansas residents.
Protester Thea Perry said such coverage would be life-saving for some individuals. House Majority Leader and Wichita Republican Dan Hawkins dismissed the banners as “ridiculous.”
The House approved a modified version of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expansion plan last week over GOP leaders’ objections. The Senate has yet to consider it.
Legislative Administrative Services Director Tom Day took the banners down within minutes. He said legislative rules require prior permission to hang banners.
The Corps of Engineers at Milford Lake said Wednesday the latest forecast indicates they may be holding releases to a minimum for the next 2-3 weeks. Right now all of the Kansas Basin lakes are releasing low flow values due to the flooding on the Missouri River.
Milford Lake is currently 7.15 feet above normal and rising. As of Wednesday the lake elevation was 1151.51 and that is expected to increase to 1153.66 by April 13th.
The Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting at Kollhoff Pharmacy, 407 South Washington, on Wednesday. New improvements to the business have been unveiled.
Sue Kollhoff said when the pharmacy opened it had formerly been a Pizza Hut. “We pretty much took the shell, finished the floors and opened up the doors. With this remodel we expanded our dispensing area, we added a drive-thru, we just modernized everything so that it’s a really nice space for everyone to enjoy.
John Kollhoff explained with the improvements it will be a better patient experience. ‘It was a little bit closed in, a little bit uncomfortable I think to come in. Now patients have the option, they can use the drive-thru or they can come in and wait in our nice new waiting area.”
Kollhoff Pharmacy has been in business in Junction City for nearly five years.
There will be a Sons of American Legion Breakfast benefitting the Junction City Pacesetters Special Olympics team on Saturday from 7-10 a.m. at the American Legion Post #45, 201 East 4th Street in Junction City.
The menu will include biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, ham, coffee and juice. The cost will be a $7 donation for adults and $4 for children under 10.
Tickets will be available at the door, at the American Legion Post #45 Lounge, or from Special Olympics coach John Hagerty at 785-209-1996. Make checks to: Junction City Pacesetters.
There will also be a silent auction that ends at 9:45 a.m.
By Dewey Terrill and Dr. Ferrell Miller
JC Post
The Director of the Military Affairs Council with the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce, Craig Bender, tackled multiple subjects including transportation during a briefing for the JC Breakfast Optimist Club Wednesday. “Soldiers often have zero to one car per family. If the Soldier takes the car to work, the spouse has no transportation to get to the PX, Commissary or into Junction City” to shop. Bender reported that he is collaborating with the public bus service, ATA Bus to work through the issue.
Bender said transitioning from being a Soldier to civilian life can be made smoother through a program title “Soldier for Life,” in which a Soldier, while still on active duty and with the permission of their commanding officer may work in a vocational field as an intern or apprentice from two to six months, get certified and have marketable job skills to use at the conclusion of their military career.
Another area of responsibility is getting the spouse of Soldiers involved in the community. “If the spouse is involved and likes it here, it increases the possibility the family will stay here” after retirement or the extended term of service.
Bender stated some ways residents of the Junction City area can help promote the community to potential new businesses is to spread the word about the available of road and rail transportation nearby and encouraging the building of spaces for industries to come to this area. One such industry might be a potential business involved unmanned aerial systems. “There are people at Fort Riley and Kansas State, who have skills in development and working with these systems, which is a potential for a business in Junction City.”
THe JC Breakfast Optimist Club meets every Wednesday morning with a breakfast buffet between 6 a.m. and 6:50 a.m., and a meeting from 6:50 to 7:30 a.m.
