Kollhoff Pharmacy, 407 South Washington. hosted a groundbreaking on their new project Tuesday.
Sue Kollhoff said they are going to add a drive-through to their building, a small storage addition, and remodel the interior. They hope to have the work completed early this fall. The interior remodeling will involve expanding the pharmacy work area.
The Geary County Free Fair opened Monday with the 4-H Foods and Foods Preservation judging, the 4-H Horse Show and the pedal pull for children.
Chuck Otte, Extension Agent, noted temperatures had cooled off a bit. “We think we’re going to have a good fair just because of the weather. A little bit dry, but towards the end of the week it looks like that is going to change around.” Otte noted numbers were up for the horse show and there was a good crowd for the Pedal Pull.
Livestock begin to arrive at the Fair on Tuesday, and the 4-H Bucket Calf and Beef Show is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday. The fair activities continues through Friday.
1420 KJCK AM will be broadcasting from the fair Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings in the nine, ten and eleven o’clock hours with interviews with fair participants.
The World War II Film Series at the Eisenhower Presidential Library will continue Sunday, July 29th, with the showing of D-Day Plus 20 years.
The film will be shown at 2 p.m. at the Visitors Center Auditorium. Admission will be free.
Geary County Schools USD 475 will be hosting a Classified Job Fair for paraprofessionals, teacher assistants, food service support, hall monitors, and other classified open positions for many district schools Tuesday, July 31, 2018, from 4:00-6:00 PM at the Freshman Success Academy located at 300 West 9th Street in Junction City, KS 66441 (entrance will be located at the main door on the south side of the building).
The Executive Director of Marketing and Media Relations for USD 475 Mat Droge said open interviews, as well as pre-scheduled interviews, will take place during this time. An active application with USD 475 is required. To fill out an application for employment visit the district website (www.usd475.org) and click on “Apply Today” in the “Join the Geary County Schools Team” section located in the middle of the homepage.
If you are interested in attending this job fair, we ask that you please RSVP to Cassandradokken@usd475.org by July 25, 2018, with your name, position(s) you are interested in and the school(s) you would like to interview with.
This information can also be found on the district’s social media accounts, connectED, www.usd475.org, eFlyers, and many of our school websites.
Governor Jeff Colyer discussed the issues with a small number of Geary County constituents during a visit to Junction City on Monday morning as part of his tour of all 105 Kansas counties.
Colyer said his tour is being done over a two-week period. “It’s about listening, talking to folks, what’s on their mind, it’s really about getting things done.”
During his stop at the Hampton Inn Colyer, who is seeking election to a full four-year term as governor, talked about multiple issues with JCPost.com. One of those involved the state funding for new mental health centers that will serve multiple counties. “Community mental health centers are absolutely essentially, particularly in rural Kansas, western Kansas. ” The governor noted that about $15 million more has been put into those programs. He has been visiting the centers. “For me that’s just how I operate. “In fact one of the folks from that association said in the last five months I’ve been to more community mental health centers than the last five governors. For me, that’s just how I operate. I want to be out there talking to people, listening, making sure we’re getting the done.”
Colyer said his biggest goal is to grow the Kansas economy. “The Kansas economy, right now we have about 3.4% and we’re starting to turn the corner. My focus is on higher paying jobs and jobs that are going to be here for a very long time. As we’re out there we’ve got to get more capital investment, and also better job training and more job training.”
The word didn’t get out until late that the Governor would be in Junction City, but a small contingent of six people from the general public in addition to media and the governor’s staff, attended the session with Colyer.
July 31st and August 1st are the dates for a human trafficking seminar in Junction City.
Multiple 90-minute sessions will be held in the women’s center conference room at Geary Community Hospital. Each one will include training for medical personnel, law enforcement, educators and victim advocates to identify and assist victims of human trafficking. There is no fee to attend the seminar.
To register go online at https://signup.com/gp/oHbLArz or call Renee Spellman at 785-210-3313.
FORT RILEY, Kan. – To honor its outgoing deputy commanding general and welcome its newest deputy commanding officer, the “Big Red One” will host a Victory with Honors ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the 1st Infantry Division
headquarters building on Fort Riley.
Brig. Gen. Richard R. Coffman has served as the 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley deputy commanding general for maneuver since September 2017. During his time with the division, Coffman served as mission commander of U.S. Army Europe’s division-level headquarters in support of the Atlantic Resolve mission.
While deployed, Coffman and the 1st Inf. Div. demonstrated the Big Red One’s readiness by moving the entire tactical command post hundreds of miles from Poznań, Poland, to Orzysz, Poland, where they conducted command and control operations during the Saber Strike 18 exercise, Europe’s largest joint, multinational exercise.
Coffman will next serve as director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team in Warren, Michigan.
The division’s incoming deputy commanding officer for maneuver is Col. Patrick R. Michaelis. Michaelis most recently served as executive officer to the under secretary of the U.S. Army and was previously the operations officer for the 1st Inf. Div. at Fort Riley.
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A rural Geary County volunteer firefighter is being recognized for saving a life.
Garry Berges, Rural Fire Chief, said an accident occurred last Tuesday night ( July 17 ) on U.S. 77 Highway about seven miles south of Junction City. He said volunteer fireman Billy Crable drove up to the accident scene right after the accident occurred. “He saw what he thought was a small grass fire but it turned out to be the vehicle on fire. ”
Crable stopped, got out, checked the vehicle. “Found that the driver was still inside the vehicle, the vehicle was upside down. Billy grabbed ahold of the guy’s two arms and pulled him out of that burning vehicle away from where it was burning.
Micky Black, 23, Lost Springs, was transported from the scene of the accident to Geary Community Hospital. His Pontiac Grand AM had hit the rear end of another vehicle, entered a ditch, traveled up an embankment, rolled, flipped over and caught fire.
Berges said he believes Crable saved Black’s life because from all indications Black could not have gotten out of his car on his own. The Rural Fire Chief added Crable will be recognized locally and possibly at the state level.
The Geary County Free Fair begins Monday with the 4-H Food & Food Preservation Judging at 1 p.m. at the 4-H Center on South Spring Valley Road. The 4-H Food Sale will run from 1-7 p.m.
The Open Class Photography is scheduled from 3-6:30 p.m., Open Class Arts & Crafts, Textiles, Floriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture entries are accepted from 3-7 p.m. and 4-H entries will be accepted from 4-7 p.m.
The Money Pit for children will be open from 5-8 p.m., the Pedal Pull Sign-up from 6:30-7:30 p.m., the 4-H Horse Show at 7 p.m., the Pedal Pull at 7:30 p.m. and the Open Class Photography Judging will also be at 7:30 p.m.
The Fair continues through Friday.
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