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High School Sets the Plan for Homecoming
Junction City High School will observe homecoming the week of October 16th.
Students may participate by dressing as the themed days of the week or by showing Blue Jay pride in their own original and creative ways.
There will be Milky Way Monday where they may dress up as anything that is “out of this world” related followed by Terrestrial Tourist Tuesday where students can dress up as a tourist from any destination. Up next will be Weightless Wednesday where they can dress up in favorite pajamas and that will be followed by Throw Down Thursday where students can express school spirit by wearing and displaying school colors: royal blue and white.
Thursday, October 19th is the date scheduled for the homecoming parade, community pep rally and bonfire. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. at the Freshman Success Academy and travel Sixth Street and Eisenhower to Al Simpler Stadium. The community pep rally at the stadium will begin at approximately 6:45 p.m. followed by the bonfire at 7:45 p.m.
The Blue Jays will host Topeka Seaman in the homecoming football game at 7 p.m. Friday, October 20th. The homecoming royalty will be crowned at halftime.
There will be a homecoming dance for current JCHS students from 8-11 p.m. in the Fiffe Gym, Saturday, October 21st.
Kan. man hospitalized after pickup blows tire, flips in Geary Co.
GEARY COUNTY — A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 10a.m. Monday in Geary County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford F250 pulling a cattle trailer and driven by Stuart W. Novotny, 72 Solomon, was westbound on Interstate 70 foumiles west of U.S. 77.
The driver lost control of the pickup when a tire blew. The pickup flipped in the median coming to rest in the eastbound lane of traffic.
Novotny was transported to the hospital in Salina. The trailer was empty. Novotny was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
Kansas State University President Responds to Weekend Vandalism of Jewish Structure
Kansas State President Richard Myers released a statement Monday morning condemning the events that occurred over the weekend on the K-State campus where a Jewish structure was vandalized.
Dear K-Staters,
Every year during the Jewish holy season, there is an eight-day holiday called Sukkot. A main component of the holiday is erecting a temporary dwelling called Sukkah in accordance with Jewish law. The Sukkah is a gathering place for anyone in the community and members of the Jewish faith to eat their meals.
This year, Hillel at Kansas State University, a student organization, purchased a Sukkah, and in collaboration with the Department of Housing and Dining Services, assembled it on the lawn behind Goodnow Hall on Oct. 3.
This past weekend, the Sukkah was shamefully vandalized.
I want to emphasize how deeply concerned the K-State family is about this incident. There is no place in our community for hateful, criminal reactions to religious expression. Many who live or work on our campuses, particularly those of the Jewish community, are experiencing significant pain and fear as a result of this act. Our hearts go out to those in the K-State family who have been negatively affected.
Students, faculty and staff at K-State represent a wide variety of religious, nonreligious and spiritual perspectives. This dimension of diversity is essential to our campus community. It is in our best interest, as a K-State family, to engage in civil dialogue about such differences and not resort to uncivil and hurtful behaviors. We want to once again remind the university community about our Principles of Community and Statement on Free Speech and Expression.
The President’s Committee on Religion exists to support religious, nonreligious, and spiritual diversity on campus. The committee encourages appropriate religious accommodations, helps formulate university religious guidelines and coordinates religious activities and dialogue in a pluralistic community.
All campus community members are welcome to contact the chair of the committee, Christy Craft, associate professor in education, to share your thoughts about the religious, nonreligious and spiritual climate here on campus. Let’s focus on embracing this dimension of diversity in a way that enriches the entire community. Professor Craft can be reached at ccraft@k-state.edu.
We are planning a Sukkot Solidarity Dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Bosco Plaza in response to this act. Details will be announced in K-State Today.
Richard B. Myers
President
Kansas State University
Chamber of Commerce Schedules Candidate Forum
The Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a candidate forum October 23rd at 5:30 p.m. at the C.L. Hoover Opera House.
This forum will be for Junction City Commission and USD 475 Board of Education candidates.
Doors will open at 5 p.m.
Candidates for USD 475 school board include WIlliam Brooks, Rina D. Neal, Sarah Talley, David S. Walker, Lawrence R. Young, LaDonna Junghans and Stephanie Holloway.
Candidates for Junction City Commission are Tim Brown, Jeff Underhill, Nicholas Allbritton, Bob Henderson, Heinrich Biggs and Michael Gray.
Walk a Mile Drawing Winners
The drawing for grand prizes in the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation’s Bramlage Family Walk a Mile Day event was held Monday morning on the Talk of JC.
Sharolyn Adams from the Healthcare Foundation conducted the drawing.
A Fort Riley Middle School student, Brady Buckley, was the winner of an X-Box and two games. The adult prize of a Fit Bit watch went to Lawrence Walker of Eisenhower Elementary School.
K-State investigating after Jewish structure on campus vandalized
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a temporary dwelling erected outside a Kansas State University residential complex for the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sukkah was found late Friday wrapped around the car of graduate student Glen Buickerood, damaging the vehicle. Buickerood, who doesn’t identify as Jewish, had collaborated with the Jewish student group Hillel to put up the sukkah to promote diversity.
Buickerood said in an email to university officials that he distributed posters and hung one on the sukkah telling students about the structure before the vandalism.
Hillel adviser Greg Newmark says what happened was “certainly anti-Semitic in effect.” Newmark says the “most generous” thing he can say is that the people involved “are remarkably insensitive.”
The sukkah was rebuilt Sunday morning.
In April the University condemned Anti-Semitic posters found on the campus.
Dwight D. Eisenhower 127th Birthday Events Announced
Multiple events are planned to celebrate the 127th birthday of Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is October 14th.
There will be a VFW Vigil Friday from 4:30 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday. VFW Posts from across the state will stand vigil overnight at the burial site of the President in Abilene. The public is encouraged to visit and pay their respects at the Place of Meditation.
A wreath laying ceremony led by the 1st Infantry Division is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. There will be a placement of a wreath at the Place of Meditation.
The American Legion Pilgramage will be held at the center of the Eisenhower Presidential Library campus in front of the statue. American Legion Riders Post #240 will provide a rifle salute for the ceremony. Representatives from every post in Kansas will gather to pay their respects to the President. This ceremony is free and open to the public.
There will be an Eisenhower Legacy Gala Saturday in the Library Courtyard. Two members of the Eisenhower administration will speak during the event, Stephen Benedict and Robert Kieve. Benedict was part of the Citizens for Eisenhower organization and the 1952 campaign. Benedict worked in the administration until 1955. Kieve joined the White House communications staff at the start of the Eisenhower administration. He has a lengthy career in communications and radio broadcasting. Also in attendance will be a contingent of sailors from the USS Eisenhower. They will spend several days visiting Abilene and speaking to students and community groups and participating in the wreath laying ceremony to honor General and President Eisenhower.
The 2017 Eisenhower Legacy gala sponsored by Waddell & Reed and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is sold out.
Monday Weather Forecast
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JCHS to Sponsor Parent Resource Night / Transition
Junction City High School will sponsor a Parent Resource Night / Transition on November 2nd. This will be open to all parents in USD 475 ( PreK-12 ).
Organizers said many times, parents and families do not know what resources are available for them. So local and statewide resources are being brought in to benefit the families of this community. Resources will be available on transportation, voting, banking, health care, disabilities, technology, education at the post-secondary level as well as infant toddler programs and other programs. They are still adding to the list.
Free food will be provided for families that evening, There will be door prizes and a free book for each child in the family at all grade levels.
Donations have been provided by Smithfield, Waters True Value, Sonic, Coach’s, Ike’s, Screen Machine, AutoZone, Hampton Inn, Best Western, Papa Murphy’s, Orscheln’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Little Ceasar’s, USD 475 Communication Department and Casey’s General Store.