The monthly Milford Lake bird walk will be Saturday, August 25th at 8 a.m.  Participants will meet at the parking lot on the south end of Milford Lake  Dam, just across the highway from the Corps of Engineers Office.

This  month´s walk will focus on early migrants and lingering summer resident  species. The walks usually last about two to three hours and involve  moderate walking. If you have binoculars or a bird book please bring them.

The September walk is scheduled for September 15, 2018. For more information contact Chuck Otte at 238-4161 or 238-8800.

RILEY COUNTY Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug and theft charges.

Just before 3p.m. Monday, officers arrested Christopher Clark, 38, Manhattan, in the 2100 Block of Griffith Terrace in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.

He was booked for possession of a stimulants, possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia, interference with LEO, theft, attempted burglary, criminal damage to property and theft.

He remains jailed on $26,000.00 Bond, according to the RCPD.

In May, police issued a public alert in attempt to locate Clark in connection with recent burglaries and thefts in the Manhattan area, according to a social media report.

Junction City police have reported the arrest of three people on drug related allegations Monday night. They included Dalton Michael Osborne, 18, Dylan Charles Spencer, 18, and a juvenile.

The arrests occurred in the 1200 block of West 17th Street.

Osborne and Spencer, both of Junction City, were arrested on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana with Intent Within 1000 Feet of a School, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Speeding and Contributing to a Minor’s Misconduct.

The juvenile was arrested on suspicion of Possession with Intent within 1000 Feet of a School and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — “Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet is making a tongue-in-cheek video series chronicling his recruiting visit to the Kansas State football program.

The 46-year-old Kansas State graduate says on Twitter that a lot of people are asking him what he will do after the 10th year of playing the character Cameron Tucker on the ABC sitcom. He says appearing on TV is one dream and playing college football is another.

Modern Family MIGHT be ending after this, our 10th season. A lot of people ask me what I will do next. Well, here you go. Starting this Monday the 20th, follow @kstatefb on twitter for weekly installments of my official recruiting trip. pic.twitter.com/6PWLZqN586

— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) August 18, 2018

In a preview of the series, the Kansas City, Kansas, native appears in full uniform and says: “I don’t know if, God forbid I fell down on the field, if I could get up.”

Stonestreet says episodes of the recruiting trip will be released in weekly installments. It is unclear whether coach Bill Snyder will make an appearance.

The Geary USD 475 Board of Education has authorized a District Facilities Engineering Study to be done.

The goal is to use it to revise and update the six-year master plan for the district, explains Chief Operations Officer David Wild. “Plan addresses all of the District facilities. We’re not talking about teaching or learning or anything like that. It’s infrastructure, heating and cooling system. flooring, ceiling, electrical everything that you can think of related to a District facility we’re asking the Board to recommission an engineering study and reset priorities for repair and replacement.”

The study will be done by Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture, and they will commission an engineering firm to do the review of facilities.

The cost of the study that will be brought back to the Board in the spring for consideration will be $25,000 if they approve it, but if they reject it the cost will be $35,000.

The Geary County Commission has adopted the 2019 County budget.

It totals approximately $39.5 million and carries a property tax reduction of 1.545 mills.

Charles Stimatze, Chairman, stated the commission and department heads worked hard, looked at the future and provided relief to the residents of the county.

On future planning Stimatze stated, “The number one thing is the tax lid until they get that changed. My opinion looking for the future, some of these buildings are starting to age. We’ve got to keep that and have a conscience for the buildings and still relieve the taxpayers if we can.”

Commissioners held their weekly meeting on Monday.

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Geary Community Healthcare Foundation will be one of the key partners in delivering services in the Lifting Young Families Toward Excellence project. The project, which will provide parent education and life-skills support to pregnant and parenting teenagers and young adults, will be funded by a $941,475 grant awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health.

Program goals include developing a support network for young parents and their families, integrating strategies that reinforce parenting skills and enhance family relationships, fostering the economic stability of young families through education completion and employment, and improving relationship-skilled among young parents.

Other key partners in delivering the services will include the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas and Baby Talk Pregnancy and Newborn Education of Sedgwick County.

A comprehensive process and outcome evaluation conducted by the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research will ensure accountability through quality improvement and performance monitoring throughout this project. Grant writing support for this application was also provided by KU-CPPR.

Show dates are set for Beauty and the Beast at the C.L. Hoover Opera House. The Little Theater production will run Sept. 14-16 and Sept. 21-23.

You can purchase tickets at the Opera House.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. on the 14th and 15th, and 2 p.m. on the 16th and 23rd.