The American Red Cross blood drive held a two-day blood drive at the Junction City Municipal building with a collection of 76 units on Tuesday and 42 units on Wednesday. According to Coordinator Tom Mcrae the number for Tuesday exceeded the goal of 52 for that day. but the number for Wednesday fell eight units shy of 50 for that day.
The total collected for the entire blood drive was 118 units.
Photos in both open class and 4-H divisions are part of the Geary County Free Fair. Many of the 4-H youth list photography as one of their project areas.
Here is a sample of what you can see if you visit the fair on South Spring Valley Road Wednesday or Thursday.
Junction City firefighters and the Geary County Sheriff’s Department recently participated in water rescue training with other agencies.
Fire Chief Terry Johnson said the open water rescue techniques could be used during flooding situations or during an incident at Milford Lake. The University of Kansas Fire Rescue Training Institute also sent representatives to help with the training. “We worked with different tools that we have, different boats, jet ski, different rafts plus a lot of rope work. When you’re trying to rescue someone out of the river ropes are probably one of the primary things you do.”
The training was conducted on the Republican River channel near Grant Avenue and at the pond location behind Beacon Marine.
HERINGTON — When a suspect wanted by the Herington Police Department didn’t turn himself in, the police took to Facebook for help in finding him.
“We’ve waited long enough for this guy to turn himself in. Looks like he made the wrong choice. This is a photo of Trenton Svitak, compliments of the Dickinson County Jail. He is wanted for Possession of LSD With Intent to Sell, Possession of Methamphetamine With Intent to Sell and a few other illegal drug related charges.
These charges stem from a search warrant executed at 114 South 13th Street by HPD on June 3, 2019.
Jessica Christyauntie (Sjodahl) was arrested during the search warrant execution. If you know where Trenton Svitak is, give us a call. We’d love to chat with him. Before we forget, if you harbor or aid him in any way, we have a reservation in Abilene for you too. Happy hunting!”
The post garnered at least 128 shares and 35 comments, including one from the suspect.
Check out the Herington Police Department Facebook post.
Tava Gustafson, 11, had the grand champion market steer in the 4-H Beef Show at the Geary County Free Fair. Kaycee Brown, 8, had the reserve grand champion.
Gustafson and Brown are members of the Clarks Creek 4-H Club.
By USD 475
The USD 475 Board of Education took action during a recent working meeting to accept the presentation of the new Junction City High School Guaranteed Maximum Price in two steps.
“Documents are currently out to industry for proposal development but we’re seeing some requests for clarification regarding the electrical portion of the project,” stated David Wild, Chief Operations Officer.
Wild explained to the Board that this might indicate some uncertainty in the specifications adding that we don’t want to rush to failure. Investing a couple of additional weeks now to get the pricing right will be worthwhile in the long run he added.
The Board agreed to accept a GMP presentation on August 5th that will show costs for concrete, steel and under slab plumbing work. The District asked the City for a conditional permit to proceed with this work if the GMP is approved by the Board.
A second presentation on August 19th will include a GMP for all remaining site work, including athletic facilities.
This two-step approach allows construction to remain on schedule while ensuring maximum competition and best available pricing for all remaining phases of work.
In a related manner, the Board is advised that it has additional Heavy Impact Aid funds for use at its discretion to further enhance the high school project. The Board may use these dollars to add space to the high school project without impacting its mill levy and at no additional cost to the taxpayer.
Students can register on Wednesday ( July 24 ) to attend St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Junction City.
Principal Shawn Augustine said registration is scheduled from noon to 7 p.m. for all new and returning students.
You can find everything from 4-H beef, sheep and swine shows to food and buymanship judging at the Geary County Free Fair.
The fair continues on Wednesday beginning with the 4-H poultry judging at 8 a.m. There will be a Geary County Farm Bureau Youth Activity at 1 p.m., the Open Class Foods Judging at 1 p.m. as well plus the 4-h Shepherd’s Lead and 4-H Sheep Show at 5:30 and 5 p.m. respectively.
There will be a Special Baking Contest Judging at 5:30 and the 4-H Swine Show at 7 p.m.
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Geary Community Hospital officials have confirmed that former general surgeon, Dr. Charles Bollman, has died. He was 77.
Bollman was a practicing general surgeon for 42 years at Geary Community Hospital before his retirement in June of 2017. In his later years he lived in Osprey, Florida.
Bollman noted in 2017 that when he began working in Junction City in 1974 the community did not have a surgeon. He thought it was a great opportunity for him to start a practice.
Geary Community Hospital CEO Dr. Joseph Stratton confirmed Bollman passed away Tuesday morning. He had been ill in recent days. “That’s a life well lived by someone. There wasn’t a better gentleman than Dr. Charles Bollman, as well as just a very very fine doctor.”
Stratton added Bollman had a big influence on the success of Geary Community Hospital. “When you consider that Geary Community Hospital is about 105 years old and he was here for 42 of those years. That is a significant number of years to be part of a history anywhere of any employer, any institution.”
The Chairman of the Geary Community Hospital Board of Trustees, Dr. Mark Stenstrom, DVM , said. “He was not only a pillar of the hospital but a pillar of the community. He epitomized the word professional and gentleman.”
