To promote Blue Jay Pride within our community, USD 475 and Junction City High School request your help in supporting our student athletes by showing Blue Jay pride!

During the week of October 3-8 Junction City High School will be hosting Homecoming Week. We invite you to participate in our Be Bold Be Blue campaign.

During Homecoming Week, October 3-8, we would especially appreciate your support by posting pictures showing your business’s Blue Jay pride by tagging them with a caption on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #chillinJC2016. This is the hashtag that will be used to promote Homecoming by students so your business will also be advertising to hundreds of people who are also using the hashtag.

Once homecoming week has concluded, JCHS Student Council will decide which business showed the most Blue Jay pride. The winner will be promoted periodically throughout the next home game and receive a banner naming them Blue Jay Pride Champion to display in their business! (Due to board policy we are prohibited from sharing ads that promote the sale of any controlled substance, drug paraphernalia or any other illegal material or activity)

To continue our campaign we ask for your support in allowing staff to wear blue on Fridays throughout the school year and consider providing discount pricing to community members wearing blue on Friday. We want our visitors as well as our community to know that this is Blue Jay Country and we have pride in our community!

Pick up your Be Bold Be Blue posters at either the Mary E. Devin Center, 123 N. Eisenhower Dr. or from the Junction City Area Chamber office at 222 W. Sixth St. If you have any questions please feel free to call Hugh Davis, Executive Director of Communications, 785-717-4066 or hughdavis@usd475.org. We look forward to hearing from you.

-USD 475

The CL Hoover Opera House, in cooperation with the Geary County Convention & Visitors Bureau, a division of the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce, is proud to host the Tall Grass Film Festival satellite premiere of Bender.  Join us for this red-carpet event on Saturday, October 8th at 7:30pm and Sunday, October 9th at 2:00pm.

Bender unveils the bizarrely true story of America’s first serial-killing family. The year is 1873 and travelers are mysteriously vanishing on the Kansas frontier. The troubled Doctor York goes searching for answers and stumbles upon the Benders, a homesteading family with an unnatural way of living off the land. As the elders of the family vie for dominance, their daughter Kate draws upon her supposed supernatural powers to will a better future, and a peculiar young boy is reared in the family trade – but unexpected visitors could threaten their seemingly quiet homestead. In this boldly restrained thriller, human hunger can be the most dangerous of traps.

Bender was partially filmed in Geary County at Sunrock Ranch and Rock Springs 4-H Center.in conjunction with the Geary County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Bender principle actors include James Karen, Buck Taylor, Leslie Woodies, Nicole Jellen, Linda Purl, Jon Monastero, Bruce Davison and Chance Caeden.

Actress Linda Purl will attend the Red Carpet event on Saturday, October 8th.

Admission prices are $10 for General Admission and $25 for VIP tickets.  Purchase of a VIP ticket (available Saturday only) includes the movie, a post film-reception, and one drink ticket.

To purchase tickets, visit the CL Hoover Opera House website at www.jcoperahouse.org, call 785-238-3906, or visit the CL Hoover box office at 135 W. 7th Street, Junction City, KS.

The Truancy Success Program at Junction City High School is hosting a Mentor Jet on October 19th from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm at the Career Academy Campus located at 900 N. Eisenhower Drive.

The Mentor Jet will be set up like a speed dating event, with students sitting down with a professional for five minutes to hear their career story – including what they do and how they got there.

The high school is is need of more career speakers. If you are interested in sharing your career story with students on October 19th, please contact Dominique Woods at dominiquewoods@usd475.org.

There will be a Milford Wildlife Area Public Information meeting on Wednesday, October 26th at 6:00 pm.

The meeting will be held at the Wakefield United Methodist Church located at 406 6th Street in Wakefield.

This is open to anyone interested in the management of Milford Wildlife Area.

For any questions please contact Dustin Mengarelli at dustin.mengarelli@ksuoutdoors.com or call 785-271-7338 ext. 16 by Wednesday, October 12th.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Tourism staff will present a program to addressing all submitted questions, concerns and comments.

Individuals from the Minnesota chapter of Quilts of Valor visited Fort Riley Thursday. Although the 42 visitors toured Fort Riley and the Fort Riley Museums, primary purpose of their visit was meeting with wounded warriors of the Fort Riley Warrior Transition Battalion, Irwin Army Community Hospital. Quilters presented each of the wounded warriors with quilts and provided additional quilts to the Ft. Riley SFAC – Soldier Family Assistance Center, to be given to future wounded warriors.

( Information – photo courtesy of Fort Riley Garrison Public Affairs )

UPDATE:

The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies responded to US 77, mile marker 165 for a one vehicle accident. Authorities responded just after 6:40 a.m.

Jessica Boeckmen, Randolph, was driving a 2006 Nissan Exterra and struck a deer. Boeckmen was not injured.

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Law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to a vehicle – deer accident on US 77 near the Milford exit early Friday morning.

Police confirmed there were no injuries, but the air bag in the vehicle deployed.

Authorities got the call to respond just after 6:40 a.m.

The Kansas Department of Health & Environment results for blue green algae samples taken from Milford Lake have been released by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Zone A, the southern portion of the reservoir, is under a watch. Zones B and C, the middle and northern portions are under a warning. In a watch use caution when contacting lake water and in a warning avoid contact with the lake water.

All boating and fishing, however, are allowed at Milford Lake.

Lake users are reminded that blue green algae may appear or disappear suddenly and move as the wind shifts. Boaters should use caution and move to a clear portion of the lake.

The Director of the Geary County Historical Society, Katie Goerls, has announced the hiring of a new Director of Programs and Education for the Geary County Historical Museum. Jennifer Dixon will come to the museum from the Manhattan – Ogden school district, where she works as a library and office clerk at Bluemont Elementary School.

Dixon has a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and physical education, and a master’s degree in educational leadership. She began her career as a social studies and reading teacher and has a strong background working with military families and area schools. In the past she has worked with the Military Child Education Coalition’s parent to Parent group to link local students and military families with the resources needed to succeed academically. She has also served as a community partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan’s Families and Schools Together program, helping students improve their reading skills.

Dixon will begin work at the museum Tuesday, October 4.

The ‘Walk a Mile Day’ was created in 2006 by the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation.

In 2012, the name was changed to ‘Bramlage Family Walk a Mile Day’ in honor of the Bramlage family and their commitment to health and fitness.

Geary county USD 475 schools will participate on October 7th.

• Seitz Elem: walk will be during scheduled Physical education class time
• Washington Elem: walk will be during scheduled Physical education class time
• Fort Riley Middle: 7:55am – 8:20 am
• Eisenhower Elem:  10:15 am
• Grandview Elem: 8:30 am
• Fort Riley Elem: 9:30 am
• Early Childhood Center: 10:15 am and 2:15 pm
• Milford Elem: 12:30 pm
• Sheridan Elem: 1:30 pm
• Lincoln Elem: 2:00 pm
• Ware Elem: 2:00 pm
• Junction City Middle: 2:00 pm
• Westwood Elem: 2:15 pm
• Jefferson Elem: 2:15 pm
• Morris Hill Elem: 2:15 pm
• Spring Valley Elem: 2:20 pm
• Franklin Elem: 2:30 pm