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Apple pies are a focal point for the Apple Day celebration on Post

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By Dewey Terrill

JC Post

The sale of apple pies made using Libby Custer’ recipe are always one of the highlights of the Fall Apple Day festival at Fort Riley.

One of the Pie Queens for the event, Yvonne Gutierrez explained that volunteers gathered all of the ingredients needed to make 1,733 apple pies. Funds raised from the sale of the pies supports the Historical and Archaeological Society. “The money that goes into HASFR helps restore Fort Riley and keeping everything the way it was. And also, a lot of it goes into scholarships.”

In addition to apple pie sales there were numerous other activities ranging from performances by the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard to static equipment displays. The festival serves as an annual open house at Fort Riley.

Army Futures Command delivers Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular

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FORT RILEY, Kansas -Fort Riley Soldiers are set to receive a major combat upgrade as the U.S. Army begins fielding the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular next week.  The event includes a Soldier demonstration and media round table with senior Army leaders.

The ENVG-B will make the warfighter more lethal and more mobile and will increase situational awareness. The device features augmented reality and data overlay, allowing the Soldier to follow GPS coordinates, view messages, and export their view to a remote screen. The ENVG-B can also pair with an automated weapon sight, increasing Soldiers’ lethality and survivability.

The delivery of the ENVG-B to the 1st Infantry Division, America’s most historic combat force, comes little more than a year after Army Futures Command opened its doors in Austin, TX and demonstrates the success of their
rapid prototyping process. To meet the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities, the design and development process followed an aggressive timeline and demanded constant feedback from Soldiers testing the new technology under a variety of challenging conditions.

Chapman defeats Abilene 36-21 in football

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The Chapman Irish put 16 points on the scoreboard in the third quarter to pull away to a 36-21 victory over Abilene Friday night. For the Irish the win on their field, was the first victory of the young football season in three tries.

Chapman finished with 385 yards total offense compared to 230 for Abilene. The Cowboys led 7-6 after one quarter but the Irish regained the lead with a touchdown in the second period and never trailed again.

The Irish host Clay Center next Friday.

 

Blue Jays roll to third win of the season

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The Junction City Blue Jays scored on a 33-yard touchdown pass play from Andrew Khoury to Jo Jo Nieves and a 47-yard punt return for a touchdown by Nieves to take early control against the Topeka West Chargers at Al Simpler Stadium. Junction City went on to defeat the Chargers on Tribute to the Troops Night 41-0.

Despite the shutout there is plenty of room for improvement for the Blue Jays who sputtered at times in the ballgame. Coach Randall Zimmerman said he was happy for the Blue Jays, who are 3-0 overall and 2-0 in Centennial League play, But the coach added the team has a lot to work on. “We did not play at our best, we did not. I don’t think we moved forward from a week ago.”

Junction City will play a 3-0 Topeka High football team Thursday evening at Hummer Sports Park in the capitol city. Topeka High defeated Highland Park 60-8 Friday night.

Corps of Engineers reduces the outflow from Milford Lake

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The Corps of Engineers has reduced the outflow from Milford Lake to 25 cubic feet per second ( low flow ) in order to accommodate downstream conditions on the Missouri River.

The current lake elevation is 1160.63, which is 16.23 feet above conservation pool. Current inflow at the Clay Center gauge is 1,090 cfs.

Crews respond to residential fire in Manhattan

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Manhattan —Officials are working to determine the cause of fire at a residence in Manhattan.

Just before 1 p.m. on Friday, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 928 Thurston Street for a report of a structure fire.

Upon arrival, crews found a one-story duplex residential structure with light smoke showing. Crews entered the structure and determined that the kitchen area of the structure had been involved in a fire and the fire was nearly extinguished.

Crews ventilated the structure and performed overhaul to ensure there was no fire extension. A total of 17 firefighters responded on 6 fire apparatus. At the time of this release, crews are still on scene assisting with the fire investigation.

The residential structure was not occupied upon the arrival of crews and was believed by the owner to be vacant  The owner is listed as Rahim Borhani of Manhattan, Ks.  The  loss has not bee determined.

MAC will sponsor a welcome home event for the troops on Nov. 2

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Fort Riley troops who have been deployed overseas will be returning to the post in the next few weeks.

The Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council will host a 1st ID Welcome Home event on Saturday, Nov.2 from noon to three p.m. at the 5th Street Playground Park in Junction City.

There will be food — free for those with a Military ID, performance by the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard, Bounce Houses, Face Painting and Live Music. The information was provided by MAC Director Craig Bender.

County-wide 4-H project leaders needed

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4-H Extension Agent Ginger Kopfer

If you have an interest or talent that you would like to share with 4-H members across the county during the next 4-H year you can volunteer your time as a county-wide project leader.

You can call the Extension Office at 238-4161 on or before Oct. 1.

Changes will occur to the Occupational Health Clinic hours at Alpha Care

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There will be some change to the hours of the Occupational Health Clinic at Alpha Care at Geary Community Hospital.

According to the Nurse Manager Practice Management, Amanda Fitzgeralds, beginning on Oct. 1 the hours of operation for occupational health needs will be 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays.

This pertains to the Occupational Health Clinic only.  This does not affect the regular hours of Alpha Care which are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

 

City approves construction permit for new high school

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USD 475 has announced that the City of Junction City has issued a construction permit for the new high school. That will allow for the start of concrete work and vertical construction immediately.

“Fire Chief Terry Johnson and his staff have poured themselves into completion of construction plan reviews, ” said David Wild, USD 475 Chief Operations Officer.

The city staff has recorded more than 600 hours of review time and has obtained expertise from Hutchinson, and a consultant from the Kansas City area.

“Allen Dinkel and the Chief recognized the enormity of the review consisting of approximately 1,200 pages of plans and future inspection tasks. They then assembled a team of qualified personnel to perform the review,” Wild added.

Costs associated with reviews and inspections are offset by permit fees paid by the District.

The recent approval of construction costs for the building and athletic facilities by the board of education is allowing Hutton Construction to make final subcontract awards and prepare a construction timeline.

The high school project remains on schedule for completion in time for an opening of the new school in August of 2021.

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