For your future schedule, the Eagle Riders 8th year anniversary Chili Dinner has been scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd from 5-7 p.m. at their 203 East 10th Street location in Junction City.
The cost will be $7 for all you can eat.
There will be a 50 / 50 raffle and an auction.
The American Red Cross is currently facing a blood emergency! The Red Cross said donors are desperately needed now, so blood can be available for patients during this critical time. Medical conditions and emergencies that require blood don’t stop during these times of shortage. Your blood drive helps ensure blood is available to support patients’ ongoing needs as well as unforeseen trauma situations. Blood donations are currently being distributed faster than they are coming in, but patients and their families are still counting on them.
Patients like Lilah Kelley, a resilient and active 4-year-old and the light of her parents’ lives. Lilah was diagnosed with stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma. This is a type of cancer that is found mostly in children and attacks the sympathetic nervous system. Lilah’s cancer had spread to her spinal column, chest cavity, skull and bone marrow, so she immediately began aggressive chemotherapy treatment. Lilah spent more than 80 days in the hospital for treatments and surgery and received 16 blood and platelet transfusions.
“So many people helped us when we were going through Lilah’s treatment, including the volunteer blood donors who ensured that the blood she needed was available,” Jenelle said. “We want to pay it forward and help other families who are going through something similar, so they have more time with their loved ones, too.”
Manhattan Community
Tuesday, Jan. 15th – Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 16th – 7:30 to 1:00 p.m.
@ Pottorf Hall in Cico Park
Junction City Community
Thursday, Jan. 17th – 11:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18th – 8:00 to 1:00 p.m.
@ the Junction City Municipal Building – 700 N Jefferson
To view available times and to schedule a donation appointment:
Visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RedCross to schedule your blood donation appointment.
The basketball games between Junction City and Emporia High School teams that were scheduled Friday night at the Shenk Gym at JCHS have been postponed.
The makeup date will be Saturday, February 2nd. The specific game times still must be determined.
The postponement is due to travel concerns for the Emporia teams. Snow is in the forecast Friday night.
The Geary County Commission will conduct their annual reorganization at 2 p.m. Monday at the County Office Building. That will include the election of both a chair and vice-chair, plus the appointment of commissioners to different public boards and committees.
Earlier Monday. at noon, Commissioner Ben Bennett is scheduled to take his oath of office for a new four-year term. He ran unopposed and reelected this past November.
By DEWEY TERRILL
JC Post
Bob Laster will bring his 32-year run as Junction City Blue Jay head wrestling coach to an end at the conclusion of the current season. Laster has announced his intention to retire.
“I have already told my team that this is my last year as the Junction City High School wrestling coach. In fact this is my retirement year from teaching as well as from coaching.” Laster has also served as a physical education teacher at JCHS. He has spent a total of 35 years as a coach in the program, including three seasons as an assistant before becoming head coach. Laster also competed as a wrestler for the Blue Jays during his time as a student at JCHS.
“I’m 61 right now. Basically I want to do something different, and also give somebody else an opportunity to take over this program. I’ve been doing it for 32 years and I think it’s time for a change, and I’m ready to make that change.”
During his tenure there have been a number of outstanding wrestlers and good teams. Laster remembered a squad that finished second in the Class 6A State Tournament, some league championships and some individual wrestlers like Bobby Lashley, who went on to compete in professional WWE wrestling. ”
As for his future plans the coach stated they will include “anything to do with i-n-g. Traveling, fishing, golfing, any of those words. That’s my plan, just to keep up with the i-n-g words.”
Laster will lead the Blue Jays into the Basehor-Linwood Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday.
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University has awarded nearly 4,240 students with semester honors for their academic performance in the fall 2018 semester.
Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 credit hours receive semester honors along with commendations from their deans. The honors also are recorded on their permanent academic records.
View a list of Geary County students who received fall 2018 semester honors.
Geary
Fort Riley: Adrienne Chevalier-Weaver, Nicole Davis, Ramsey Deheck, Cheryl Gomez, Mia Hawkins, Aimee Licari, Daniel McFaddin, Alyssa Packer-Melliand, Lori Wilcox, Patricia Williams
Junction City: Ariana Ahlers, Cristina Baquero, Justin Becker, Weston Boyer, Elena Butler, Kristin Chaney, Bianca Colon, Mckenzie Cox, Olivia Diestelkamp, Jordan Dombrowski, Nicholas Dombrowski, Henry Escobar, Maria Estrada, Rebecca Fritz, Alyssa Graben, Christa Grider, Laura Gunderson, Raphael Gutierrez, Jordan Hansel, Jessica Heiman, Emelio Higgins, Abigail Hughart, Jasmine Hunt, Katharine Kellogg, Jessie Kingrey, Aaron Landrith, Alec Madrigal, Andrew Martin, Hailee McKie, David Menotti, Marissa Muto, Nichole Nieves, Peter Paras, Jordyn Peyla, Rebecca Raastad, Amy Scott-Sanjur, Dar Vanantwerp, Meredith Wesley, Jalen Williams, SayQuan Williams, Morgan Ziegler
Officials at Manhattan Regional Airport have tallied the numbers for flights from MHK. They said there were a record number of emplanements, the number of people getting on board an aircraft, in 2018 with a final count of 70,705.
American Eagle’s decision to increase seat capacity in 2018 by using larger aircraft for the Dallas route and by adding a third daily flight to Chicago, helped make the success possible.
“The previous year we set a new record with over 66,000 emplanements,” said Jesse R. Romo, MHK Airport Director. “Increasing that number by seven percent and crossing the 70,000 emplanement threshold is a huge accomplishment and we can’t thank everyone enough for choosing to fly local.
Another measure of air service success is load factor, which indicates the percentage of seats filled on each plane. The load factors for MHK increased from 71 o 74 percent in 2018.
“if we can continue this trend then our story only gets stronger as we try to attract additional air service,” Romo stated.
American Airlines will continue to make seasonal adjustments to the air service for MHK, both during peak and non-peak periods. Travelers should continue to check with the airline for schedule changes and availability.
Dewey Terrill
By JC Post
The new superintendent of schools for USD 475, Dr. Reginald Eggleston, spent time Thursday becoming acquainted with the school district and community.
One item on his agenda was a press conference at the Devin Center that was attended by media and school district personnel.
Eggleston stated he believes it is his job as an educator and the job of all educators to create opportunities for young people. “We talk about college and career ready so often, but what we’re trying to do is look beyond the high school years and even try to predict what we need to prepare them for.” Eggleston said the educators need to ensure they’re creating opportunities that will help young people be ready for the unknown.
Eggleston has more than 24 years of experience in public education and currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. He was asked about how the military background could help out in USD 475. Many of the students in the district are in military connected families. Eggleston said he had been in the reserves 28 years including 20 in the Army reserves. He has been deployed on multiple occasions. “I’ve worked at the Pentagon on the joint staff, and I currently serve as a commander at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I have a senior ROTC battalion.” He stated that his experiences wearing the uniform help him understand what it feels like to experience a separation when it comes to family. ” It helps you understand from an emotional standpoint how individuals feel. “We want to serve, we want to provide that service to our country and yet we know that we are leaving our families back home, who we expect to run and keep things going.”
Eggleston added it gives him a soft sport for the Soldiers. ” It motivates me to want to serve and offer everything that I possibly can to help them be successful so that while they are away doing the work that they have been called to do they can know that they left their families in good hands. And I think that is very important.”
Eggleston will begin work in USD 475 on April 15th. He and his wife Regina will relocate to Junction City from Mobile, Alabama.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies responded to U.S. 77 Highway mile marker 159 early Wednesday evening for a single vehicle non-injury accident.
Lisa Thomas, Junction City, was driving her 2017 Chevrolet Trax southbound when a deer struck her vehicle, causing major damage.
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There has been a water main break.
Junction City Public Works announced at 9:41 a.m. that customers will experience periods of low water pressure or no water in the 2600 block of Sandpiper and the 1500 block of Shoffner.
Repairs will take 1-2 hours.
Service has been restored.