The next United Way restaurant fundraiser in Junction City will be at Ike’s Place Bar & Grill, 416 Goldenbelt Boulevard on Tuesday, January 15th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of food will support the United Way fundraising campaign.
The goal for the fundraising campaign is $140,000. Currently that campaign is at $68,779.02.
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran ( Kansas ) and Tammy Baldwin ( Wisconsin ) have reintroduced proposed bipartisan legislation to expand chiropractic health services for military retirees and members of the National Guard and Reserve. The Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act would require TRICARE to cover chiropractic services for all military service members, both active and retired, and non-activated reservists.
Currently, health programs through the U.S. Department of Defense, including Tricare, do not cover chiropractic care for military retirees and non-activated reservists.
“Many of the brave men and women who serve our country have sustained back and other neuromusculoskeletal injuries that can be treated through chiropractic care, ” said Sen. Moran.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported the arrest of Trevor Sherman, Superior, Colorado, in the eastbound lanes of I-70 approximately two miles west of Junction City on allegations including Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, No Drug Tax Stamp and Defective Tag Lamp.
The arrest occurred at 5:27 a.m. Tuesday.
The two men charged with capital murder in connection with the December death of Jenna Schafer, 31, Junction City, made brief appearances in Geary County District Court Tuesday morning.
Dion Green, 33 and Mashaun Baker, 33, both of Junction City, are facing capital murder charges including two counts for Green in connection with the shooting death of Schafer and her unborn child, while Baker faces one count stemming from the allegation he hired Green to kill Schafer.
In court Tuesday it was noted that Deputy Public Defender Jillian Waesche has filed a motion to withdraw from the case representing Baker, but asked for a delay on a ruling until a determination has been made on whether the prosecution would pursue the death penalty. If that occurs a death penalty qualified attorney would represent Baker. A status check has been scheduled for him in District Court at 9 a.m. on January 15th.
In the Green case a request has been submitted to the Capital Offense Coordinator’s Office to represent him. A status check has been scheduled at 1:30 p.m. January 15th to also possibly learn if the death penalty will be pursued.
Geary County Extension Agent Chuck Otte said this week after a snowy and cold November he thought most of the region was bracing for a snowy and cold December. What we got was a wet December with a cold start and finish. But December only gave us a dusting of snow and then above average temperatures.
Step by step planning for the new Junction City High School project continues to move forward.
David Wild, Chief Operations Officer for USD 475 reported that the Development Agreement between USD 475 and the City is awaiting final engineering work on utility placements and additional options for water line services.
Hutton Construction Company is expecting to bid out the earthwork package later this month and the utility and paving package is on schedule for bidding out in March. The school itself remains on schedule to bid out in the April timeframe. Earthwork is anticipated to commence in late February contingent upon Board approval of bid documents.
The District is working with Hutton and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to schedule a pre-bid vendor fair. “The government shutdown is affecting the SBA. We hope to finalize a date for this event as soon as our SBA partners return to work” Wild reported.
Hutton continues to develop its construction schedule and is seeking to drill some test wells for use during construction. Temporary power and internet service is also being worked.
The public can expect to see mobilization of a job trailer to the worksite in early February. Drone footage of before dirt work is planned with periodic updates throughout the construction period.
The end goal is to have the new school built and in use by August of 2021.
Geary County continues to collect delinquent taxes owed.
According to information released at the county commission meeting on Monday the latest total is $642,540.63. Planning is under way for a delinquent property tax sale at some point in 2019.
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Dr. Reginald Eggleston will formally begin work as the new superintendent of schools in Geary USD 475 in April. But he will spend Thursday in the school district meeting with a number of people including the Board of Education at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
He will begin the day touring the Devin Center office and meeting with staff, do a drive by tour of the schools, participate in a press conference at the Devin Center, will visit and meet with principals and the Devin Center administrators, and record a brief message for a Fort Riley Town Hall.
Eggleston will fill the position formerly held by Dr. Corbin Witt, who stepped down due to health reasons.
The Geary County Commission made appointments to a pair of public boards on Monday.
–The governing body appointed Lori Brown to fill an unexpired term and reappointed Jason Brown and Adam Shamburg to the Free Fair Board. They also appointed Katie Fehlman, Nathan Lietzan, Noel Olson and Christine Poole to that board.
–The commission appointed Harold Erichsen to a three-year term on the Geary County Extension Council Executive Board.
