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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is having a formal inauguration ceremony this week for President Richard Myers.

The retired four-star Air Force general and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman is the 14th president in the university’s 154-year history.

The ceremony for Myers is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in McCain Auditorium on the university’s main Manhattan campus. The president plans to give an inaugural address.

The Kansas Board of Regents appointed Myers president in November after he had served as interim president for seven months. He replaced Kirk Schulz, who left the position to become Washington State University’s president.

Myers graduated from Kansas State in 1965 and joined the military through the ROTC program there. After his retirement from the military, Myers was a part-time professor of military history and leadership.

The next Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn will be on Friday, May 5th at the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library.

The event will be from 11:45 am until 1:00 pm in the Community Room of the library at 230 W. 7th Street.

Pack your own lunch and join the Chamber for a Lunch and Learn workshop focused on hiring Veterans.

Featured speakers/presenters are: Crystal Bryant-kearns, USO Fort Riley; Tasha Jones, Employment Readiness at ACS Fort Riley; Glenwood McLaurin, SFL-TAp at Fort Riley; Jo Brunner, Kansas Works.

This event is free for chamber members; non members/future members are $5.

For more information visit www.jcacc.org or call 762-2632 to RSVP.

MANHATTAN –Police arrested a member of the Kansas State Women’s basketball team early Sunday.

Just before 1a.m. officers arrested 19- year-old Eternati Willock for criminal trespass and liquor purchase by a minor, according to the Riley County Police arrest report.

She was jailed on a bond of $800.

Willock played in 31 games for the Wildcats and averaged 6points a game. She was also named to the All Big 12 Freshman team.

She was suspended indefinitely from the team upon further investigation, according to a statement from Coach Jeff Mittie.

GEARY COUNTY – A Junction City man was injured in an accident just after 7a.m. Sunday.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Ford F150 driven by Matthew P. Northcutt, 30, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of U.S. 177.

The driver fell asleep and the pickup drifted into the median. The driver then overcorrected and the pickup traveled across both westbound lanes and overturned in the ditch

Northcutt was transported to Geary Community Hospital. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

Volunteers were out picking up discarded items and trash at multiple locations in Junction City Saturday morning. The occasion was the annual spring cleanup coordinated by the City.

Police Captain Chuck Leithoff said items were picked up in some areas ranging from Quinton Point to Goldenbelt Boulevard and the nearby roundabout.  “East Chestnut and the roundabout, the road in front of IHOP East Ash, the Sixth Street viaduct area, Rucker Road. ”

Leithoff noted approximately 30 old tires were picked up along with other items. “I think the most unusual thing we found was we had somebody find a handful of nine millimeter ammunition, and a whole bed, a whole king size bed.”Approximately 170 people volunteered to help with the cleanup, which was called Operation Clean Sweep.

Volunteers were provided lunch following the completion of the cleanup.

MANHATTAN — At the Kansas State University Foundation’s board of trustees spring meeting April 21, Kansas State University President Richard Myers announced that the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign has surpassed its $1 billion goal ahead of schedule, and that a new goal has been set: $1.4 billion by 2020.

Myers said that the decision to extend the campaign was based on the extraordinary success of the effort thus far.

“Years ago, when we were first discussing the campaign goal, leaders at K-State and the KSU Foundation made the bold decision to pursue a $1 billion goal,” said Myers, who also serves as a campaign co-chair. “Over time, we’ve come to realize that we shouldn’t underestimate the K-State family. We’ve proven that we can achieve more than we ever thought possible. After careful deliberation, the KSU Foundation leadership, board of directors, Campaign Steering Committee and I made the decision to extend the campaign.”

Funds raised through the campaign will continue to support students, faculty, facility enhancements and program support, and will propel Kansas State University toward becoming a Top 50 public research university by 2025. Three signature drivers will lead the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign forward:

• 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 the university through estate-planning gifts.

“We are inspired by the generosity of the K-State family, which is vital now more than ever,” said Greg Willems, president and CEO of the KSU Foundation. “To live up to the original spirit of the university’s land-grant mission, we must remain laser-focused on access and affordability. We rely ever more on support from K-State alumni and friends to meet the needs facing the university and to make college education possible for those who desire it.”

“The success of the campaign to date and the decision to extend it is because of the amazing generosity of K-State’s philanthropists and the hard work of hundreds of campaign volunteers,” said Rand Berney, campaign co-chair and chair of the KSU Foundation board of directors. “We sincerely thank all of the volunteers and donors who have invested their time, talent and treasure to benefit K-State faculty, students and programs today and for future generations. We invite all who want to help K-State reach new heights to join the Innovation and Inspiration Campaign.”

Philanthropic contributions to Kansas State University are coordinated by the KSU Foundation, the official fundraising organization of the institution and a separate 501(c)(3). The foundation staff works with university partners to build lifelong relationships with alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students through involvement and investment in the university.