There will be an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8th at Dick Edwards Auto Plaza in Junction City.
Start time is 1:00 pm.
The event is free and children will be able to take a picture with the Easter Bunny.
There will also be an egg painting station as well as an Egg Drop obstacle course and free food.
Dick Edwards Auto Plaza is located at 1825 Goldenbelt Blvd. in Junction City.
K-State Today
Join K-State Libraries for a fascinating, multilayered tale that spans 80 years and three continents. The free event, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, is inspired by a trove of letters from Charles de Gaulle and their long journey to Hale Library.
It started with French spy Phillippe Thyraud de Vosjoli. The Libraries’ special guest, Alan Greer, de Vosjoli’s friend and attorney, will tell the unbelievable tale of de Vosjoli’s ascent from WWII underground operative to head of French intelligence for the western hemisphere.
Greer recently donated the historic letters, given to him by de Vosjoli, to the Richard L.D. and Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections. The gift, now called the French Freedom Papers, was presented in honor of de Vosjoli and Greer’s father-in-law, the late Lt. Gen. Richard Seitz of Junction City.
The general’s daughter, Patricia Seitz, a senior U.S. district court judge and K-State alumnus, also will be in attendance as an honored guest, and attendees will hear about her family’s donation of the general’s personal papers to K-State Libraries.
Finally, some of the K-State students who translated the French Freedom Papers into English for the first time will share how these unique, valuable letters brought history to life.
The event is free and open to the public. A 5:30 p.m. reception with hors d’oeuvres will be followed by a 6:15 p.m. program. RSVP to Darchelle Martin at martin05@k-state.edu or 785-532-7422.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation this week (S. 726) to allow veterans who have been exposed to toxic substances in classified incidents to access their military records as they apply for disability benefits and VA health care.
“Often, the impacts of toxic exposure don’t appear until long after service members have returned home from the battlefield and military records are filed away,” Sen. Moran said. “It is my privilege to lead legislation that honors the life of Gary Deloney of Fort Scott who passed while working with my staff to access the classified military records that would have proven his exposure to Agent Orange and service-connected illness. Our veterans and their families deserve the best our nation has to offer, and giving them access to their classified military records is the least we can do to make certain they receive the benefits they earned.”
Veterans who were exposed to toxic substances face greater chances of suffering from cancer and other health issues. Veterans who have health conditions that are linked to exposure to toxic substances during their military service are eligible to apply for disability benefits and health care from the VA; however, some missions and projects that resulted in their exposure to such substances remain classified by the Department of Defense, despite having taken place decades ago.
This policy prevents these veterans from accessing and using their service records to establish their service-connected conditions and securing a disability rating that grants them eligible for care and benefits. The Gary Deloney and John Olsen Toxic Exposure Declassification Act would call on the Secretary of Defense to declassify the records of experiments or incidents that resulted in troops’ exposure to toxic substances and could be used in a veteran’s claim for benefits.
Gary Deloney served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1965. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal and his financial statements noted hazardous duty pay. Despite additional evidence that demonstrated proof of his missions during Vietnam, Mr. Deloney was unable to prove his exposure to Agent Orange. Tragically, he passed away while still waiting to receive a service connection designation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, even with the support from Sen. Moran, because records of his missions are classified.
“Gary loved his time in the service and the friends he made there,” said Charyl Deloney, wife of veteran Gary Deloney. “Up until Gary passed from cancer, Senator Moran’s office was working with us to obtain the classified documents that would prove his exposure to Agent Orange. He would be honored to have this legislation named after him to help future veterans in a similar situation get the benefits they were promised, and I am thankful that Senator Moran is continuing to work on this in Gary’s memory.”
Pysanky is the ancient Ukrainian art of egg decorating with wax.
Great Plains Theatre will present their second Art on the Stage event on Saturday, Ap4ril 1 at 9 a.m. All materials needed for the class will be provided. Registration is $40.
Gail Parsons will walk the class through the history of Pysanky, while each participant creates their own piece of art to take home.
Call Great Plains Theatre at 785-263-4574 to reserve a seat in the class.
Take a photo with the Easter Bunny at Manhattan Town Center’s Center Court beginning this Friday, March 31st through Sunday, April 15th.
For more information call 539-3500.
The Junction City Breakfast Optimist Club will host a Pancake Feed Fundraiser for the Junction City High School Blue Jay Band.
The breakfast fundraiser will be Saturday, April 1st at the Knights of Columbus Hall on 7th Street in Junction City. Event time is 7:00 am until 10:00 am.
Tickets are $5 from Optimist Club members or at the door.
The JCHS Blue Jay band is raising funds for a trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the National Memorial Day Parade.
Luke’s Community Baby Shower hosted by Delivering Change: Healthy Moms – Healthy Babies is Saturday at Junction City High School. It begins at 10 a.m.
The Geary Community Hospital Board of Trustees were informed on Tuesday that approximately 100 pregnant mothers have signed up to attend along with their support personnel.
The event includes an opportunity for those who attend to learn about safe sleep techniques, community resources and network with other parents. There is no charge to attend.
Arturo Perez was a Big Red One soldier when he arrived in the Fort Riley/Junction City area, only to fall in love and make it his permanent home.
Perez, originally from Panama City, Panama said that qualities like teamwork and helping others is what drew him to become a firefighter after separating from the military.
“I think helping people, being part of a team is what drove me [here] to the Fire Department,” said Perez.
A typical day at the Junction City Fire Department (JCFD) can sometimes be anything but “typical”.
“Monday through Friday we have our days pretty much cut out for us starting at 8:00 – we get up check our vehicles, respond to calls, clean the Fire Station or things like that; sometimes we have tours or inspections and in between that we have to fit training and responding to calls as well,” said Perez.
A requirement for all Junction City firefighters is that they are also EMT certified at a minimum. Perez said that EMS calls outweigh fire calls for the most part.
“We definitely do see a lot more EMS calls than we do fires…so it is really good to have a strong EMS background,” said Perez who also is fluent in Spanish which comes in handy quite often. “We responded to several calls that we had Spanish speaking patients or family members that we had to communicate with.”
Perez, 32, has been with the JCFD for four years.
Tune in at 5:00 pm on 1420 KJCK – The Talk of JC to hear the interview and like Junction City Post on Facebook for local news, updates, and features.
The Kansas Senate has voted to expand the state’s KanCare program…essentially the medicaid program in Kansas.
The bill now goes to the governor but the 25-14 vote in the Senate didn’t produce enough votes to override a gubernatorial veto. The governor has not been a supporter of medicaid expansion.
At Geary Community Hospital the CEO Dr. Joseph Stratton explained medicaid expansion would bea plus for hospitals across the state. “Essentially helps pay for uncompensated care, care we’re providing now we’re not getting paid for.” Stratton said that’s called bad debt and charity care.
Medicaid expansion has been approved in 30 other states. “I know for a fact in those other states and there’s been studies done that bad debt is going down and charity care is going down.”
Stratton estimated for Geary Community Hospital medicaid expansion would mean at least one million dollars more per year.
Command Sergeant Major Adam Robbins retired from the US Army on June 30, 1981 at Fort Riley.
After a 26 year military career, Robbins, a native of Houston, Texas, settled in Junction City where he started a local taxi business.
“I ran the taxi service Robbins Cab for thirteen and a half years,” said Robbins. “I sold the taxi service and went into the limousine business and from the limousine business into a detail shop combination.”
Robbins’ business R&R Automotive Detailing and Celebrity Limousine Service has been lucrative over the years.
“I think it’s a good business, in fact – I know it’s a good business; it’s been good for me and it will be good for somebody that’s really interested in working,” said Robbins.
At 90 years old, Robbins is now looking to sell the business he has grown over many decades.
“If I don’t sell, and I find someone that is capable of doing the business – we might go 50/50 or I might hire them to run it and I continue to operate,” said Robbins.
Those interested or requiring more information should contact Adam Robbins at 762-2560.
R&R Automotive Detailing and Celebrity Limousine Service is located at 1023 N. Washington Street in Junction City.
