The Dorothy Bramlage Public Library Director Susan Moyer has announced that Ware Elementary School on Fort Riley is the recipient of this year’s donation from the Library’s annual Cap and Mitten Tree.
All of the items are new and were donated by community members. They include both purchased and handmade hats, gloves and mittens.
DICKINSON COUNTY— One person died in an accident just before 2:30a.m. Friday in Dickinson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Chevy Spark driven by Scott Q. Chronister, 33, Abilene, was eastbound in westbound lane Interstate 70 five miles east of Abilene.
The Chevy collided head on with a westbound 2013 Dodge Ram driven by Larry J. Pawlowski, 64, St. Louis, Missouri. Both vehicles rolled.
Chronister was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Martin Becker Carlson Funeral Home
Pawlowski and a passenger Yanghee April Choi-Pawlowski, 56, St. Louis, Missouri, were transported to the hospital in Salina. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Konza Prairie Community Health and Dental Center is using the month-long observance of National Children’s Dental Health Month in February to provide oral hygiene outreach in the Geary and Riley County communities. The national slogan this year is “Brush and clean in between to build a healthy smile.”
Konza dental staff are facilitating oral hygiene presentations this month at multiple preschools in the Junction City and Manhattan communities to promote healthy habits and reduce anxiety around dental care. “Good oral care helps keep baby teeth strong and promotes healthy permanent teeth for a lifetime. A healthy smile is important to a child’s self-esteem. Sometimes there is fear associated with going to the dentist, we want to connect with children where they are and establish relationships that help to reduce that fear and make routine dental care easier for the whole family, said Dr. Taylor Pratt, Konza dentist.
Konza’s team of seven dentists and more than 25 support staff routinely provide cleanings, fillings, root canals, crowns and more. their dental outreach staff are embedded in USD 475 and USD 383 schools districts and provide quality care for students on-site.
Dewey Terrill
JC Post
The repeated rounds of snow and ice have made it difficult for cow-calf producers.
Geary County Extension Agent Chuck Otte referred to a conversation he had with a producer this week. “I was just talking to a fellow yesterday ( Thursday ) that tried to keep a calf alive for 72 hours and just finally lost it. It makes it tough, it’s up and down, it’s muddy, that all weighs thing down. We get these waves of storms coming in, the one this weekend they’re talking strong winds which really does concern me because that causes so much more chilling effect.
A winter storm watch is in effect for Saturday afternoon and evening.
As far as any benefits are concerned, Otte remembered how dry it was a year ago. We’ve gotten the soil profile pretty well filled back up. We’re going to have good grass in the pastures eventually when it warms up and starts growing, and there’s water back in the farm ponds.
By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
The C.L. Hoover Opera House has received a $5,000 grant to update stage lighting to LED instruments. The was provided by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission. A matching $5,000 has been donated by the Jellison Foundation along with funding Friends of the Opera House. The money was used to order nine new Colorado 2 quad instruments and to expand the capacity of the lighting board.
Opera House Co-Director Joe Markley stated, “The great thing about the LED lights, they’re not only more efficient in terms of electricity so they don’t cost as much to run, but we can display about every color of the rainbow on those and not have to go up and change a gel or color thing in there.”
Markley noted that the lights are manufactured by the Chauvet Corporation. They will provide deeper, more saturated colors and enhance the on-stage productions at the Opera House.
This project is phase two of lighting improvement on the Opera House stage. Lasts year six new LED lighting instruments were added for the cyclorama and there was an expansion of the wireless DMX capability.
Fort Riley housing residents are invited to Riley’s Conference Center on Tuesday or Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.. for Town Hall sessions
Officials announced via social media on Fort Riley Facebook that the town halls will be forums for division, installation and Corvias leaders to personally connect with Soldiers and families to help ensure they are meeting obligations to provide safe, quality family housing.
Free childcare will be available at Riley’s Conference Center, with a limit of 60 per night. Pre-register at 785-239-9885.
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING…
.TODAY…Mostly sunny early in the morning then becoming cloudy.
Slight chance of light freezing drizzle in the morning. Chance of
drizzle through the day. Highs in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Patchy fog through the night. Chance of
drizzle in the evening. Drizzle likely after midnight. Near
steady temperature in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY…Rain in the morning, then rain, possibly mixed with
snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Highs
around 40. East winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the north 15 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Breezy, colder. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow, possibly mixed with freezing drizzle in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s.
Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph becoming
west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
The Junction City Blue Jays appeared flat in the first half as they fell behind the visiting Seaman Vikings by 18 points after two quarters at the Shenk Gym.
Following the break the Blue Jays turned on the energy and made a run at the Vikings to pull within seven points in the fourth quarter. But that’s where it stopped, with Seaman pulling away to a 67-54 win over Junction City.
Blue Jay coach Nick Perez felt his team didn’t play in the first half. “But we did fight in the second half. And I asked them, one think I asked you guys to do and I’ve always told you this from day one, your shots may not fall one day, you may not play good defense one day, but I want you to play hard. I thought in the second half we did that.”
Terrance Crumpton came off the bench to give the Blue Jays a lift in the second half and James Hall had multiple rebounds around the rim. Crumpton finished with 6 points while Hall scored 15.
For JCHS seniors Aaron Hamilton, James Hall, Kody Westerhaus. A.J. Dickerson and Anthony Twiggs it was their final home game.
The Blue Jays played most of the game without their leading scorer A.J. Dickerson. In a Junction City win over Topeka West on Monday he went down late in the game with a mild knee injury. He started against Seaman wearing a brace on his right knee but just a few minutes into the game he went down again with that injury and had to leave the game. The coach confirmed Dickerson will not play Friday night when the Blue Jays play at Emporia. Hopefully he can return next week in the Class 6A Substate Tournament first-round matchup at Lawrence Free State.
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The Lady Jays ( 0-19 ) struggled in a 58-20 loss to Seaman at the Shenk Gym. Senior Maja Bellika played her final game for Junction City.
The Lady Jays play at Emporia Friday night.
You can hear the Blue Jays and Lady Jays on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM.
RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a Kansas murder trial and have made an arrest.
On Tuesday, Bland was arrested in Texas on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated intimidation of a witness who testified against her brother Steven Meredith during the January preliminary hearing for murder, according to Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson.
The judge found sufficient evidence for Meredith of Junction City to stand trial in the killing of a confidential drug informant 48-year-old Carrie Jones. Her body was found by deer hunters in rural Riley County.
During the preliminary hearing, witnesses testified that Meredith believed Jones might reveal information about him and others in a 2013 drug case.
One witness testified that Meredith told her that he and another man drove Jones to a field, forced her to get out of the vehicle and then shot her.
Bland remains jailed in Webb County Texas on a $125,000 bond. Meredith was arrested almost a year after Jones’ body was found in October 2017.
Special Olympics athletes from north central Kansas are preparing for their regional basketball and cheerleading competition at Junction City High School on Saturday, March 2nd. Last year, 400 athletes from multiple cities competed in the basketball and cheerleading competition.
The Junction City Pacesetter delation of 25 athletes coached by John Hagerty will be participating in the regional tournament.
The tournament will include approximately 40 basketball games plus individual skill competitions, and a cheerleading competition. Volunteers are needed to serve as scorekeepers, referees and assistants to the skills and cheerleading competitions, and to award medals and serve lunch. Volunteers can come as part of a group or individually, and should be 12 years or older. Volunteer training is offered at the event.
For specific information on volunteering contact Krystin Guggisberg at 785-531-0577 or guggisbergk@ksso.org. Volunteers can also register online at www.ksso.org/volunteer/volunteer-at-an-event/. Volunteers receive a Special Olympics t-shirt plus a meal provided by Special Olympics during their volunteer hours.
