Cloud County Community College’ Geary County campus will host a Commercial Driver’s License career fair on Monday, July 8.

The fair, which will run from 3-6 p.m., will be Building C1 on the Geary County campus, 631 Caroline Avenue, Junction City.

There will be CDL and bus driving employers at the fair including Beacon, Blixt Construction, Flint Hills Coordinated Transit District, Junction City Transportation, Great Plains Trucking, Inc. Kansas Department of Transportation, Midwest Concrete Materials, Inc., OCCK, Inc., Phillips Seed and Shilling Construction Company, Inc.

Those attending will be able to meet with prospective employers, and apply for positions within their companies.

The college will also have information on its upcoming CDL course, as well as the school bus driving course, which starts on July 8. Last minute students will be able to sign up for the bus driving course that day.

 

Bids for three bridge projects and one sidewalk – bicycle path project have been approved by the Kansas Department of Transportation.

They include

–Bridge repair on U.S. 77 over Rush Creek 1.41 miles north of the north K-57 junction. B & B Bridge Company LLC, St. Paul, KS was awarded a $1,295,015.93 bid for the project.

–A culvert for a reinforced concrete box bridge on I-70 2.88 miles east of the Dickinson / Geary County line. Reece Construction Company Inc., Salina was awarded a $376,186.50 bid.

–Bridge repair on two I-70 bridges over East Street 3.1 miles east of the K-18 / I-70 junction. Bettis Asphalt & Construction Company Inc., Topeka was awarded a bid for $416,242.00.

–Trail connections at West 8th Street and Eisenhower Drive in Junction City. This involves pedestrian and bicycle paths for a seven-tenths of a mile stretch. The bid of $582,593.25 goes to Bryant & Bryant Construction Inc. of Halstead.

 

By Salina Post

A Salina man is dealing with the loss of multiple farm implements and the building they were in after a fire Monday evening northeast of Salina.

Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said Tuesday that deputies were called to the 4300 block of East Campbell Road at 7:15 p.m. Monday for the report of a farm shed on fire. When deputies arrived, they found an approximate 40-foot Morton Building engulfed in flames, he said. The building and its contents are owned by Roger Mattison, 66, of Salina, Melander said.

Firefighters from Rural Fire District No. 5 were on scene but were unable to save the building and its contents. The building was valued at $48,000, Melander said. Equipment in the building included the following, he said.

• A square bailer
• A pickup
• A grain cart
• A tractor
• A combine
• Some diesel engines

According to Melander, the total loss, including the building, was estimated at $149,000.

The cause of the fire has not been determined, he said.

 

The Kansas High School Clays Trap League, their spring season and state tournament will be the program for the July membership meeting of the Geary County Fish & Game Association Monday evening. The session begins at 7 p.m. at Sportsman’s Acres on the south side of Milford Lake.

This is the fourth year of the Kansas High School Clays Trap League program. It has grown to more than 70 schools with more than 1,800 student participants across the state this year.

The program partners with local volunteers, ranges, sponsors and schools to provide safe and competitive shooting sports alternatives for Kansas kids.

The Geary County Commission will have some decisions to make on the 2020 county budget. Commission chairman Charles Stimatze confirmed they need to cut at least 5.3 mills in the proposed property tax levy to avoid an election to increase the levy beyond the state-allowed property tax lid.

Stimatze made it clear the county will not seek an election and the budget proposals will be trimmed down. He said the governing body will continue their work on preparation of the spending plan during a work session at 10 a.m. this Friday. “Just to go over the budgets and start working on that.” Budget preparation will continue on through July.

Vehicles carrying the rides and gear for Ottaway Amusement Carnival began to arrive in downtown Junction City on Monday

The carnival will be open for business for Sundown Salute Wednesday through Sunday ( July 3-7 ). Some streets near Heritage Park have been blocked off for Sundown Salute.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran conducted a town hall meeting in Junction City Monday evening at Munson’s Prime restaurant. It was held in conjunction with a JC Kiwanis South Club meeting.

Moran met with constituents, and responded to questions from the public.

 

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