The monthly Milford Lake bird walk will be Saturday, May 19th 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 lingering migrants and summer residents.

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 June walk is
scheduled to for June 16, 2018. For more information contact Chuck Otte at
238-4161 or 238-8800.

The Geary County Rural Fire Department worked late Sunday night on a small ( less than one acre ) grass fire.

There was no major property damage and no injuries.

According to Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges the fire occurred in the area of K-57 Highway and Ridge Road south of Junction City. The location was about three miles north of the Geary – Morris County line.

Geary County was placed under a severe thunderstorm warning early Monday morning along with Dickinson, Clay and Morris Counties.

There were wind gusts at Milford Lake by emergency management in the 30-35 mph range but no major rain problems.  Aside from some lightning, the Junction City area had no noticeable impact. Heavy rain swept through northwest Dickinson County and on across Clay County as it moved northeast.

High

85°

Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

PAWNEE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Sunday in Pawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford pickup driven by Laura A. Rogers, 47, St. George was westbound on Kansas 156 five miles west of Larned. The pickup traveled left of center and into the south ditch.

The pickup then struck a field entrance, went airborne, landed in the ditch, rolled multiple times and the driver was ejected.

Rogers was transported to a hospital in Wichita. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the fatality victim in an early morning accident Friday in Pottawatomie County.

According to KHP a Chevrolet Silverado was eastbound on East Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan in the outside lane when the driver observed two people walking across the roadway. The driver hit his brakes and swerved missing one person. Another person did not move and was struck by the vehicle.

The pedestrian who was the fatality victim has been identified by KHP as George P. Lott, 56, Springfield, Missouri.

The accident was reported at 12:15 a.m.

The Geary County Fish And Game Assoc. will hold its May monthly membership meeting, May 14th at Sportsmen’s Acres  3922 K-244 Spur. Starting at 7:00 PM. The program will be on “Competitive Rifle Shooting” by Randy Conrad. Also on building and maintaining your rifle. The meeting is open to the public, and memberships are available.

The Board of Directors of the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program have declared the application period for the 2018-19 class offering “officially opens May 15”, according to Executive Director Jack Lindquist, Manhattan.

The non-profit educational program is designed to train and more-fully engage leaders that live in and/or work in the region that includes Fort Riley, Geary, Riley, and Pottawatomie counties.

Lindquist said, “The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program is based in the fastest growing region of our state. We have never had more opportunity or greater need for well informed, collaborative, decisive leadership. That is possible through 21st Century proactive servant leadership development.”

“Participants to-date have one thing in common, the desire to better life and livelihood in the northern Flint Hills”, Lindquist added. “Although all of our classes, have been phenomenal since the program was formed in 1992, we get even more excited for each new class recruitment period.” More than 500 participants have completed the experiential learning process to-date yet the desire and drive to better our regions communities is growing and that is reflected with every application we review”.

Board chair Brian Peterson added, “Going through the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program was an invaluable experience, and one that I cannot recommend highly enough. It afforded me the opportunity to build some great relationships, taught me how to be a more complete leader, and provided wonderful insight into what the different communities and organizations in our region have to offer. The FHRLP experience is without equal.”

Interested candidates are encouraged to learn more about the program by visiting the websitewww.fhrlp.org/. Instructions and program details are available on the site as well as the form for application. The on-line form must be submitted before July 18. Following selection the 2018-19 class members will be introduced on August 31 at a special reception in Wamego.

From connectEd at USD 475