The Geary County Sheriff’s Department worked three non-injury deer accidents Sunday.

The first one was reported at 1:05 a.m. on U.S. 77 Highway when Edward Mazzolini, Concordia, was traveling southbound in a 2004 Saturn Vue and struck a deer.

The second accident was reported at 6:39 a.m. when Deputies responded to U.S. 77 Raul Carbajal, Milford, reported that he had been driving his 2004 Nissan northbound on U.s. 77 when a deer ran into the road and his vehicle struck the deer.

The third accident was reported at 8:45 p.m. when Deputies responded to K-177 where Ronald Seager, Manhattan, said he had been driving his Mitsubishi northbound on K-177 when a deer ran into the road and his vehicle struck the deer.

Again…there were no injuries to the driver’s in any of the three accidents.

The Old Fashioned Hometown Christmas sponsored by the Chapman EDC is Friday, November 27th.

It will begin with beef stew and cornbread from 5-7 p.m. that evening.

The Christmas lights will be turned on at 6 p.m. in downtown Chapman.  Bob Diehl with the EDC explained from 5-6:45 p.m. you can register for Chapman Bucks at local Chapman businesses. He said about 25 businesses in the Chapman area provide some funding.  They try to give away about $1,000 in cash plus $500 in gift certificates that night during a drawing at the Senior Citizens Center.

Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive by fire truck at 7 p.m. on Marshall Street in the downtown area.

The Junction City Police Department has reported the arrest of two people on drug related allegations   on I-70 mile marker 295 westbound Sunday afternoon.

Traumus J. Bisio, 20, Junction City was arrested on suspicion of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Marijuana.  Gabrielle M. Williams, 19, Junction City, was arrested on suspicion of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Hydrocodone.

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Earlier in the weekend the Geary County Sheriff’s Department made one drug related arrest on I-70. The Sheriff’s Department reported that Deputies arrested Rebekah Dissinger, Lawrence, on I-70, mile marker 291 on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The monthly Milford Lake bird walk will be Saturday.

Coordinator Chuck Otte said participants will meet at the parking lot on the south end of Milford Lake Dam, just across the highway from the Corps of Engineers Office. This month’s walk will focus on migrating and wintering songbirds and waterbirds.

The walks usually last approximately two to three hours, and involve moderate walking. If you have binoculars or a bird book you can bring them. This will be the final bird walk for 2015.

According to the National Weather Service of Topeka, we’ll be seeing increasing cloud cover today as we begin to enter into a more wet weather pattern through the middle of this week. Expect periods of rain showers fromtonight through Wednesday morning, with the best chances for rain looking to be (1) tonight, and (2) Monday night through Tuesday morning. Some isolated storms will be possible Monday through Tuesday. Expect drier conditions for the latter half of the week with seasonal temperatures. However, cooler air may head into the area by next weekend.

Today: Breezy. Mostly sunny until late afternoon then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.

Tonight: Cloudy with rain showers likely. Near steady temperature in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of showers 70 percent.

Monday: Cloudy with chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Monday Night: Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

Tuesday: Rain showers likely and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Tuesday Night: Colder. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows around 30.

Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sun-up to sun-down beginning immediately and continuing through Thursday, Nov. 19 to honor the victims of the attacks in Paris.

“We mourn for the victims and all those affected by these horrific acts of evil, and we offer them our prayers and condolences” said Governor Brownback. “These terrorists and those that support them must be stopped.”

The White House on Sunday issued a proclamation directing flags at all public buildings and military installations to be flown at half-staff to show America’s support for the people of France.

Geary USD 475 teachers are scheduled to vote early this week on proposed 2015-16 teaching contracts.

Contract talks have been at impasse for some time, but negotiators recently reached a tentative agreement. According to Junction City Education Association President Cathy Rankin the votes will be counted on Wednesday.

If the teachers vote to ratify the contract, the Geary USD 475 Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Devin Center to consider final ratification of the contracts.

During the impasse teachers in the district have been working under the contract that was in effect for the 2014-15 school year.

A Neil Diamond Tribute performance is scheduled at the Great Plains Theatre in Abilene April 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $25.

Keith Alynn is the Diamond Image. He is one of only six Neil Diamond Tribute artists in the world to be featured in an upcoming movie entitled “Play Me” scheduled for release in 2015. He performs in his own theatre, The Historic Owen Theatre and Branson’s House of Comedy in Branson, Mo. March through December, while traveling extensively throughout the United States on weekends and winter tour months.

He will present the show in Abilene April 16. To obtain tickets contact the Great Plains Theatre box office at 785-263-4574 or visit their website at www.greatplainstheatre.com.

Property tax statements in Geary County will be mailed out November 19 instead of this past Friday ( Nov. 13 ) as originally scheduled.

Geary County Treasurer Kathy Tremont said the reason for the delay is due to the discovery of property descriptions missing from some of the data. ” I would rather be proactive and fix the problem rather than sending incomplete information, and be subjected to influx of both in office traffic and telephone inquiries.”

Tremont explained, “Once we started processing some of our statements we realized that some of the descriptions of the watercraft are not on the tax bills. So instead of sending them out and dealing with all the concerns obviously and anything else, we thought that we’d take care of the problem before they went out.”

Again….property tax statements are set to be mailed on the 19th of November.

A new youth wrestling facility is in the works in Junction City.

Clint Francis of Bramlage Investments confirmed the project involves a 935 East Fourth Street warehouse that has been acquired from Stewart Moving and Storage. “Are in the process of renovating that facility to accomodate the youth wrestling program. Hopefully at some point we can utilize the facility for some other youth sports organizations, but time will tell.”

The interior will be wide open. Restroom and storage areas are being expanded. “It was pretty much wide open before, but other than that it will just be a big wide open space, put down some wrestling mats, some insulation, and heating and cooling the building.”

A request to waive a parking lot surfacing requirement will go before the Junction City Commission Tuesday night.

The late Ron Bramlage was a big supporter of youth wrestling and Blue Jay wrestling in the community.