There will be a fundraiser for Junction City – Geary County United Way on Monday at Freddy’s Restaurant on East Chestnut Street.
According to United Way Executive Director Nicole Mahder it will run from 5-8 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from food sales will go to support the United Way effort.
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 6a.m. Thursday in Pottawatomie County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Joseph Paul Fialkowski, 32, Wamego, was eastbound on U.S. 24 two miles east of Wamego.
The driver lost control due to ice and on the road. The pickup rolled into a field.
Fialkowski was transported to the hospital in Wamego. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
The Sheriff’s Department lifted the emergency accident reporting Thursday afternoon. They have returned to normal report taking on accidents.
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During weather conditions where numerous accidents occur, the Geary County Sheriff’s Department can be overwhelmed by calls for service involving minor accidents.
Emergency reporting procedures include:
–The Geary County Sheriff’s Department will not respond to non-injury accidents when the vehicles are operable.
–Drivers should move to a place of safety and exchange personal and insurance information, and report the accident to their insurance company as soon as possible. File a report when there is property damage over $1,000 with the appropriate law enforcement agency within 48 hours.
–All injury accidents and accidents that block the street due to disable vehicles should be reported to law enforcement. Law enforcement and needed emergency personnel will respond.
–As soon as the caseload permits, the Sheriff’s Department will return to normal report taking.
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University will host a variety of events Jan. 19-26 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to the Manhattan campus.
As part of Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Week, Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the late Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, will give a lecture at12:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, in the K-State Alumni Center’s Banquet Room. A candlelight vigil will follow.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available for faculty, staff and the public in the Office of Diversity, 224 Anderson Hall, and for students in the Center for Student Involvement, Room 114 of the K-State Student Union.
Two overflow seating areas will be available in the K-State Student Union’s Forum Hall and courtyard.
King III serves as an ambassador of his parent’s legacy of nonviolent social change. He is the elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference — the organization co-founded by his father. He also serves as president of Realizing the Dream Inc., which he founded to continue the legacy of his father, and leads nonviolence training around the world to spread his message to a global audience.
“It is an incredible opportunity to have Martin Luther King III visit our campus and celebrate the 50th anniversary of his father’s speech at K-State,” said Adrian Rodriguez, associate vice president for student life for diversity and multicultural student affairs. “I encourage the university community to participate in the week of observance events to build on our KSUnite effort and continue our work toward strengthening diversity, inclusion and equity.”
Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Week will include the following events. All events are free and open to the public. More information is available at k-state.edu/diversity/mlk/
• Friday, Jan. 19, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall at the Leadership Studies Building, “I was there: Reflections on MLK’s 1968 K-State visit.” Bill Hill, Manhattan resident and 1972 graduate of Manhattan High School; Sue Maes ’69, ’72, ’98, dean emeritus of Kansas State University Global Campus; Sylvia Robinson ’71, chair-elect of the K-State Alumni Association Board of Directors; and Bill Worley ’68, professor of history at Metropolitan Community College, Blue River campus; will reflect on their experiences of attending Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 speech at Kansas State University.
• Monday, Jan. 22, 5:30 p.m., 137 Waters Hall, 14th annual College of Agriculture Diversity Student Leader Reception, “50 years of living the dream.” Kevin Burnett, chief operating officer of the Richardson/Plano Guide Right Foundation and former senior vice president of Lucent Technologies, will be the speaker. Burnett also is an alumnus of Kansas State University.
• Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1:30 p.m., College of Business Administration Building Auditorium, 18th annual College of Business Administration Diversity Lecture. Natacha Buchanan, senior advisor of inclusion and diversity at Phillips 66 and 2002 Kansas State University graduate in accounting, will be the speaker.
• Tuesday, Jan. 23, 3:30 p.m., K-State Alumni Center Banquet Room, Commerce Bank Presidential Awards for Diversity reception. Larry Moeder, associate vice president for student life and executive director of admissions and student financial assistance, and Chelsea Turner, junior in American ethnic studies, will be honored for promoting diversity at Kansas State University.
• Tuesday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m., Heritage Room, Room 223 of Weber Hall, professional development event hosted by the College of Agriculture.
• Wednesday, Jan. 24, noon to 3 p.m., K-State Student Union courtyard, fourth annual Civil Rights College of Arts and Sciences Teach-In. Four Kansas State University faculty members will speak on social justice issues related to race, gender and sexual orientation.
• Wednesday, Jan. 24, 3 to 4 p.m., Town Hall of the Leadership Studies Building, “Sins of our fathers: Growing up in the shadow of segregation and in the hope of integration” lecture by Tim de Noble, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, & Design.
• Wednesday, Jan. 24, 4:30 p.m., Regnier Forum at Regnier Hall, “Design, culture, work + life: People, place and the future” presentation by Cheryl S. Durst, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the International Interior Design Association.
• Thursday, Jan. 25, 12:30 p.m., Banquet Room, K-State Alumni Center, lecture by Martin Luther King III and candlelight vigil.
• Thursday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Bust, near the southeast corner of Ahearn Field House, Laying of the Wreaths ceremony.
• Thursday, Jan. 25, 5:30 p.m., Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, “I Am Not Your Negro” screening. This 2016 documentary examines racism in 20th-century America by bringing to life James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, “Remember the House,” narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. Kansas State University Black Student Union leaders will moderate a post-film discussion.
• Friday, Jan. 26, noon, Cottonwood Room in the K-State Student Union, Kansas State University Affinity Group brown bag lunch. Bring a lunch and listen to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 speech at Kansas State University.
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Fort Riley has begun to operate with minimal manning and limited services today. Units and services supporting 1st Infantry Division training are considered mission essential. The announcement was made on the Fort Riley Facebook page. If you have questions contact your supervisor.
Geary USD 475 has cancelled school on Thursday.
The district had been on a two-hour delay but officials have now decided to cancel school for the day. That USD 475 schools in Junction City, Fort Riley, Grandview Plaza and Milford. That also includes cancellation of the Boys and Girls Club.
–No school for Chapman USD 473 on Thursday
–St. Xavier Catholic School in Junction City is closed today
–The Immanuel Lutheran Early Childhood Center is closed on Thursday.
–No school for Manhattan – Ogden USD 383 and Manhattan Catholic Schools on Thursday
–The Cloud County Community College Geary County campus will have a delayed start Thursday. They will open at 10 a.m. and the open enrollment scheduled for today will begin at 11 a.m.
–Clay County USD 379 schools will be closed Thursday
–Rural Vista USD 481 will be closed Thursday.
–Wamego Schools USD 320 will be closed Thursday.
–Rock Creek USD 323 cancelled
–Riley County USD 378 cancelled
–Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 cancelled
–Marysville USD 364 no school on Thursday
–Neighborhood Learning Center in Junction City is on a three-hour delay
–Concordia USD 333 is on a two-hour delay
–Salina USD 305 Schools are closed on Thursday.
–The Eisenhower Presidential Library will be closed for the day.
–The Geary County Senior Center is closed for the day.
–The Fort Riley Thrift Shop will be closed today.
–The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission meeting that is scheduled today at the Milford Lake Conference Center will have a delayed starting time. Instead of 1 p.m. that meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m.
–The Community Connections scheduled at JC Naz Church at noon on Thursday has been cancelled.
–Sunset Zoo in Manhattan is closed today.
–The Military Affairs Council meeting scheduled Thursday in Junction City has been cancelled.
–The Metropolitan Planning Commission scheduled Thursday evening at the Junction City Municipal Building has been rescheduled from 7 p.m to 5:15 p.m.
The Smithsonian exhibit “Water/Ways” and the Geary County Historical Society display “Submerged” were unveiled this past Saturday at the Geary County Historical Museum.
The Director of the Museum, Katie Goerl, reported to the JC Breakfast Optimist Club on Wednesday that the “Water/Ways” exhibit occurred through an application process started by Jamie Clark, former Executive of the Historical Society. The competitive application process included proof that the local Museum’s facility was adequate to display the Smithsonian exhibit, that there was a compelling story connecting local water systems ( such as the Republican and Smoky Hill Rivers ) and there was community support, which came from letters submitted by the CVB, Geary County Extension Office, Milford Nature Center and the Geary County Water District. The Geary County Historical Museum was one of seven museums in Kansas to receive the display.
The Water / Ways exhibit includes interactive displays about the impact of water on the settling of communities, access to resources and the impact of pollution. The display will be at the Museum until Feb. 18.
The “Submerged” display was created by the GCHS Curator, Heather Hagedorn, and includes a 20-foot timeline about flooding in Geary County from 1855 to 1993. That display also includes activities such as a floor map on which visitors can use guiding information to locate cities across Kansas, which are along bodies of water; visitors may pull a scale model wagon on a ferry over a virtual river and practice their skills at finding water using dowsing rods or witches sticks.
Both of these displays may be visited between 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission is free. Appointments for school or other group tours may be made by contacting the Museum staff at 238-1666.
The Corps of Engineers increased the outflow from Milford Lake on Wednesday from 25 cubic-feet-per second to 500 cfs, and there are plans to continue monitoring ice conditions at the marinas at the Lake.
According to the Corps in late December they began releasing 2,000 cfs prior to the cold temperatures arriving in the forecast but had to reduce the outflow back to 25 cfs on Jan. 3 due to heavy ice accumulation at the marinas.
As winter conditions allow they will continue to draw down the lake elevation with a maximum release of 2,000 cfs to reach the winter target elevation of 1141.4, which is three feet below normal pool level.
The current lake elevation is 1144.01, which is .39 feet below normal pool level.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Junction City woman was indicted Wednesday on charges of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
Kayla Michelle Simpson, 22, Junction City, Kan., is charged with one count of using a child to produce child pornography and one count of violating the conditions imposed on a registered sex offender. The crime is alleged to have occurred in July 2016 in Junction City.
The indictment alleges that Simpson, who was registered sex offender, enticed a 16-year-old victim to engage in sexual activity for the purpose of producing child pornography.
If convicted, Simpson faces a penalty of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years in federal prison on the production charge, and up to 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the sex offender charge. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney is prosecuting.
In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.
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Public information officer for U.S. Attorney Tom Beall in the District of Kansas
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s Innovation and Inspiration Campaign surpassed the $1.1 billion mark in December 2017, making significant progress toward its $1.4 billion goal by 2020.
Led by the Kansas State University Foundation, the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign was launched in October 2015 with an original goal of $1 billion. In April 2017, Kansas State University President Richard Myers announced that the campaign’s original goal was exceeded one year ahead of schedule and extended the effort with a new goal of $1.4 billion.
“The continued success and momentum of the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign is rooted in the generosity and commitment of the K-State family to the future of Kansas State University,” Myers said. “We sincerely thank our donors who have invested in K-State faculty, students and programs. Their support is key to the university’s success, now and in the future.”
Funds raised through the campaign will be used to support students, faculty, facility enhancements and program support, and will advance the university toward becoming a Top 50 public research university by 2025.
Three signature drivers have helped to build momentum during the campaign’s extension period:
• The land-grant mission of providing an accessible and affordable education to the people of Kansas and beyond.
• Centers of excellence and interdisciplinary programs — areas where Kansas State University has a competitive advantage and the potential to change the world.
• Substantially increasing the endowment for the future of Kansas State University through estate-planning gifts.
“It’s not often that a university has the ability to exceed fundraising goals as rapidly as Kansas State University has with the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign,” said KSU Foundation President and CEO Greg Willems. “We continue to set ambitious goals and the K-State family continues to step up to ensure the future of this great university. The generosity of K-State donors is redefining the university’s future, and it will be exciting to see this campaign through to its conclusion in 2020.”
As Kansas State University’s strategic partner for philanthropy, the KSU Foundation inspires and guides philanthropy toward university priorities to boldly advance K-State family. The foundation is leading Innovation and Inspiration: The Campaign for Kansas State University to raise $1.4 billion for student success, faculty development, facility enhancement and programmatic success. Visit www.ksufoundation.org for more information.
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