The Geary County Commission will not meet on Monday as is their normal practice. Their meeting has been moved to Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to the President’s Day holiday on Monday.
County offices, with the exception of the Transfer Station, are closed on Monday. The Transfer Station will be open.
The possibility of adding business people and investors to the membership of the Flint Hills Regional Council is receiving attention.
A Geary County representative on the Council, Ben Bennett, confirmed it’s a discussion in progress right now. “I think we’re going to try to make some proposals a little bit at some of the joint city – county meetings we have in all of the counties.” Right now plans are still being prepared so Bennett noted they are not quite ready to make proposals. The Council members will share information and then bring the concept back to the table.
The idea could possibly allow the Council more options to locate funding and undertake activities.
Multiple cities and counties are members of the Council, including Junction City and Geary County.
The Flint Hills Regional Council has reelected Lyon County Commissioner Scott Briggs to serve as chairman of the council for the coming year.
The information was provided by Council Member Ben Bennett of Junction City following the Council’s meeting in White City on Friday.
Geary County 4-H members were busy Saturday morning competing in the annual Geary County 4-H Day at the First Presbyterian Church. Those 4-H members awarded top purple and 2nd purple ribbons will be eligible to compete in Regional 4-H Club Day on March 24th in Clay Center and are listed below.
Model Meetings
Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Project Talks
Logan Nabus, Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Kourtney Dibben, Humboldt 4-H Club – 2nd purple
Demonstrations and Illustrated Talks – Senior Division
Lindsey Ascher & Kacey Butler, Brookside & Lyon Creek 4-H Clubs – top purple
Chelsey Armbruster, Lyon Creek 4-H Club – 2nd purple
Demonstrations and Illustrated Talks – Junior Division
Clara Gfeller, Lyon Creek 4-H Club – top purple
Ava Oentrich, Humboldt 4-H Club – 2nd purple
Public Speaking – Senior Division
Aleeya Williams, Lyon Creek 4-H Club – top purple
Kaitlyn Butler, Lyon Creek 4-H Club – 2nd purple
Readings – Senior Division
Lauren Moon, Brookside 4-H Club – top purple
Readings – Junior Division
Ethan Goodyear, Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Skit
Traveling to Grandma’s (Calen Boller, Karley Kramer, Macie Muto, Mason Muto, Ava Oentrich, Grady Oentrich), Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Instrumental Solo – Senior Division
Aleeya Williams, Lyon Creek 4-H Club – top purple
Instrumental Solo – Junior Division
Sebastian Schultz, Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Vocal Solo – Junior Division
Morgan Nabus, Humboldt 4-H Club – top purple
Ginger D. Kopfer
Geary County Extension Agent
There have been more than 100 years of Agriculture Education at Chapman High School.
There will be a 100 year celebration on Saturday, February 24th, in conjunction with the annual FFA Work Auction which raises scholarship funds for FFA members and students attending a Washington D. C. Leadership Conference.
The 100-year celebration will commemorate the signing by Congress of the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917. which promoted and provided federal funds for vocational agriculture in Chapman starting April 1, 1918. Chapman High School, then Dickinson County High School, was the first school in Kansas to qualify for the federal funding. Records show the school had agricultural curriculum dating back to 1908 and was the first in Kansas to provide agriculture education for four years.
Registration for the celebration will begin at 3 p.m. on the 24th at the Chapman High School entry way. There will be a social hour, tours of the school, a silent auction and Supervised Agricultural Experience fair from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
A formal presentation will begin at 4:30 p.m. featuring alumni and former advisers highlighting a century of achievements in agricultural education in Chapman and looking ahead to the future. Following the presentation a group photo will be taken of all alumni in attendance.
Dinner will be catered by Ricky’s Cafe beginning at 6 p.m. Area businesses have provided assistance with the meal cost making the meal a free-will donation with proceeds benefiting the scholarship fund. To ensure your meal, RSVP and tickets will be held at the registration table. RSVP to Melissa Reed at melissa.hildebrand.reed@gmail.com or 785-477-9313.
Free childcare will be available for those who RSVP with the names and ages of those children needing care beginning at 4 p.m. and running through the end of the work auction.
A silent auction will close at 7 p.m. and be followed by a live auction. FFA members will offer eight hours of labor for sale and can perform a variety of duties ranging from farm work and clerical work to landscaping and painting. Funds from the auctions support FFA senior scholarships for secondary education, and scholarships to defray the cost of attending the FFA Washington Leadership Conference. The Work Auction is the primary fundraiser for the Chapman FFA Alumni and has raised more than $20,000 in the past.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Westar officials are warning customers that people claiming to be utility employees are calling and trying to force them to buy prepaid money cards.
Utility officials say if you get one of those calls, hang up and report it.
The company put out a statewide alert Friday saying scammers are threatening to turn off customer’s power unless they buy a prepaid money card and call back with the number on the card.
Spokeswoman Gina Penzig says the scammer then uses the card and calls another victim.
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— Westar Energy (@WestarEnergy) February 16, 2018
Penzig says the callers sometimes target restaurants just before or during the lunch rush, when managers are busy and don’t want the power shut off.
She says Westar will never demand immediate payment or shut off power without multiple warnings.
In recognition of National Random Act of Kindness Day, residents of Brookdale Senior Living in Junction City presented carnations to patrons at the McDonalds Restaurant on Sixth Street Friday.
Seen here are residents Phil Wilhoite and Jean Leonard accompanied by Kristie Moon, the Residents Program Director.
JUNCTION CITY, KAN. – Geary County Schools USD 475 announced this week that Principal Rebecca Coy will become the new principal at Franklin Elementary School (beginning July 1, 2018). Mrs. Coy is excited about the opportunity to join the Franklin Elementary students and staff and will miss Fort Riley Elementary where she has worked for the past 23 years as principal.
Coy’s experience and heart for the community will support Franklin Elementary’s continued achievement. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Kansas State University and began her teaching career at Milford Elementary where she was a Grades 4/5 multi-age classroom teacher. Coy has also taught at Sheridan Elementary School.
Mrs. Coy is sad to leave her Fort Riley Buffalo family but looks forward to the work ahead as a Franklin Falcon.
The Junction City Police Department has reported that members of the JCPD, Geary County Sheriff’s office and Grandview Plaza Police have conducted search warrants at 1917 Sunflower Drive and 913 Westridge Drive, number 10 after a four-month investigation by the Drug Operation Group.
Upon executing the warrants, Officers located four weapons, two pounds of marijuana and $6,000 cash.
Police reported that Joshua R. Dantzler, 31, Junction City, was arrested on charges of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell, Felony Possession of Marijuana, No Drug Tax Stamp, Possession of Drug Proceeds and Felony Possession of a Handgun. Dantzler was being held without bond pending a first court appearance.
The Junction City Public Works Department has announced that there will be no trash / garbage pick-up by the City on Monday ( Feb. 19 ) due to the Presidents’ Day Holiday.
The trash / garbage pick-up will be done on Tuesday. Each day next week the normal pick-up will be moved back one day with the Friday pick up occurring on Saturday ( Feb. 24 ).
In order to ensure pick-up your trash should be set out by 6 a.m. Carts should be removed from the curb or alley by the following day of their scheduled pick-up. Additional items that are set out may require making arrangements for a special pick-up.
