The concert schedule on the main stage at Victory Fest Saturday begins with the USO Show Troupe at 3:15 p.m. They will be followed by Lit at 4:30, The Charlie Daniels Band 6 p.m, The All-American Rejects 7:30 and the Eli Young Band at 9 p.m.
The Marshall Army Airfield is the site for Victory Fest, which is part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division.
Ticket sales have closed.
The City of Junction City will be providing shuttle service to Victory Fest on Saturday. Beginning at 10 a.m. the shuttle will make a route beginning at the Hampton Inn and move on toe the Courtyard By Marriott and Quality Inn on East Chestnut Street.
The shuttle will return from Victory Fest each hour, and make the same loop each hour.
Shawnee County Commissioner and Junction City native Shelly Buhler, will be among a group to be honored at the annual Women of Influence recognition reception in Topeka. The reception, sponsored by GO Topeka’s Entrepreneurial & Minority Business Development, is scheduled from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20 at the Ramada Topeka Downtown’s Regency Ballroom.
Buhler is the daughter of Jim and Ellen Westerhaus of Junction City.
The Junction City / Geary County United Way campaign kick-off will be September 1st at Al Simpler Stadium.
United Way Executive Director Nicole Mahder reported that there will be a raffle with a cost of $1 per ticket or 6 for $5. Tickets will be sold at the gates. Prizes will include Kansas City Royals tickets, sideline coaching experiences in football and basketball, a football jersey, Blue Jay coaches polo, and K-State gear. There will be drawings at half-time and at the end of the third quarter of the football game.
The campaign chairs for United Way this year are Sierra and Matt Jackson.
The Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the ribbon cutting for a new Daylight Donuts outlet at 1027 West 6th Street will be at 8 a.m. Friday August 25th.
The owners are Sarah Kam and Bryant Heng.
According to Chamber of Commerce CEO Dennis Beson, they also own the Daylight Donut outlet at 1740 Ash Street. They are opening a second store at 1027 West 6th Street.
Photo L-R: Melissa Wells, Woman’s Center Director; Dawn Engel, Chief Nursing Officer; Deb Jacobsen, Women’s Center; Dr. Joe Stratton, Chief Executive Officer.
Geary Community Hospital announced Deb Jacobsen, BSN, RN, as the Employee of the Quarter for third quarter of calendar year 2017.
Deb Jacobsen is a registered nurse in the Martha K. Hoover Women’s Center and has dedicated close to seven years of service to Geary Community Hospital. According to coworkers, she truly believes in GCH and helping us succeed and goes out of her way to highlight GCH in every capacity.
Deb volunteers at job fairs, with the Medical Explorers program and at various events in the community.
For one hundred years, the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division has been bravely fighting for America’s freedom. Now, the Flint Hills Discovery Center, Fort Riley Museum Complex and the Center of Military History invite you to explore the epic history of the Big Red One through the eyes of five soldiers in the upcoming exhibit, Duty First: 100 Years of the Big Red One.
Opening August 26, visitors of the Flint Hills Discovery Center can immerse themselves in the exceptional history of the Fighting First as they walk through World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf Wars and the military activity of today, accompanied by the stories five heroic soldiers.
The 1st Infantry Division has been the forefront in America’s conflicts and key to preserving our freedom, said Dr. Robert Smith, Supervisory Curator for Fort Riley Museums. I think the Division and the soldiers need to be
honored in this way to let the public know of the history and the sacrifices they have made and will continue to
make for our country.
The men and women who have served and currently serve in the 1st Infantry Division all have their own story, which when told, teaches us the struggle of battle, the challenge of sacrifice, the rush of victory, and the bonds that exist amongst one another.
The exhibit is extremely impactful in an approachable way, said Flint Hills Discovery Center Director Susan Adams.
Experiencing this exhibit takes the immensity of war and turns it into just one soldier’s story of sacrifice through each conflict. It’s exceptionally personal and powerful.
There is something to be learned and appreciated by adults and children alike in Duty First: 100 Years of the Big Red One. Younger visitors are invited to report for duty at Rags’s Confidence Course in the Mezzanine Gallery. In this Camp Funston “boot camp”, children can “train” alongside Rags, the lovable military pooch who served as the mascot of the Fighting First in WWI.
Along with the exhibit, the Flint Hills Discovery Center will be hosting lectures, bus trips and special events to celebrate the Big Red One. Duty First: 100 Years of the Big Red One will be on display from August 26, 2017 through January 14, 2018.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported the arrest of Joseph A. Smith, South Haven, Mississippi and Jerry M. Smith, Memphis, Tennessee on U.S. Highway 77 on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and No Drug Tax Stamp.
It takes less than one minute of looking directly at the sun to experience permanent eye damage.
Kendall Krug, doctor of optometry in Hays, is trying to spread the word about eye safety during next Monday’s eclipse.
Viewing the sun directly even when it is partially or fully blocked during an eclipse can cause a condition known as solar retinopathy.
Intense visible light can cause damage to the rods and cones in the eye. The damage depends on the exposure. The exposure can burn a spot on the area of your eye that helps you see detail.
The effects of the sun exposure are painless and can take hours or days to fully appear. Krug compared it to the blind spots we get in our eyes when someone points a camera flash in our eyes — except the blind spot never goes away.
“The retina does not have any pain receptors,” he said, “so you can look at the sun, and it is not going to hurt. It is going to be bright. You are going to shield yourself from the brightness, but it doesn’t actually hurt. That is the problem, you don’t really know you are doing damage.”
There is no treatment for this type of damage, which can affect both eyes. Any loss of sight 20/50 or more would result in a person’s inability to drive or effectively read.
The eclipse can be safely viewed by using aluminized mylar eclipse viewing glasses. There has been some concern in recent weeks fake, unsafe glasses have come on the market. The glasses should be ISO 12312-2 or CE certified and will have this marked on the glasses. Click here to go to the American Astronomical Society’s list of reputable dealers.
The glasses should block 99.9 percent of sunlight, which means you should not be able to see an indoor light while you have them on. No. 14 welders glasses or hood also can be used or a pin hole projector.
When you are done looking at the eclipse, Krug said you should turn away from the sun before removing your glasses.
Pin hole projectors
A pin hole projector can be easily made using a piece of cardboard and piece of paper or a cereal or shoe box. When you use these devices, you turn your back to the sun and a black-and-white image is reflected unto the piece of paper or in the box.
It is not safe to use binoculars or a telescope to view the eclipse unless you have an astronomy solar filter. These should be placed at the front lens and not the eyepiece.
You should not try to take pictures of the eclipse with your mobile device or digital camera without a filter. It will burn out the camera’s components, Krug said.
It is also not safe to view the eclipse with prescription or non-prescription sunglasses, cosmetic tinted contact lenses, smoked glass, or through overcast or partially opaque clouds
Children should have special supervision during the eclipse. Children’s cornea’s are clearer than adults’ and that makes them more susceptible to eye damage.
Schools have encouraged teachers to include eclipse activities during the school day Monday but has left those up to individual teachers and principals. Some teachers and buildings bought glasses for their students while others will keep younger students indoors so they don’t accidentally hurt their eyes.
Another cool link
Timeanddate.com has views of what the eclipse will look like minute by minute from your specific location. To see the simulation in Junction City click here.
“The retina does not have any pain receptors,” he said, “so you can look at the sun, and it is not going to hurt. It is going to be bright. You are going to shield yourself from the brightness, but it doesn’t actually hurt. That is the problem, you don’t really know you are doing damage.”
The glasses should block 99.9 percent of sunlight, which means you should not be able to see an indoor light while you have them on. No. 14 welders glasses or hood also can be used or a pin hole projector.
Children should have special supervision during the eclipse. Children’s cornea’s are clearer than adults’ and that makes them more susceptible to eye damage.
