4-H meeting
Friday, October 2, 2009
4-H meeting
The Lyon County 4-H Alumni and Friends annual meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lyon County Extension meeting room, 2632 W. Highway 50. The cost of the meal is $5 each person. Reservations can be made by calling Barbara at 342-1040 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or (620) 443-5790 evenings.
Cruise night
The Emporia Flatland Cruisers cruise night will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Americus City Park in Americus in conjunction with Americus Days. The cruise night is open to all cars, trucks and motorcycles and the public is welcome to come see the vehicles. This will be the final scheduled cruise night for this year. For more information, call Jim at (620) 443-5806.
Overbrook festival
Santa Fe Trail Days will be held Friday and Saturday in Overbrook, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday with reenactors Aces and Sixguns, also performing at 5 and 6:30 p.m. Friday and 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday. Other events will include Dog Soldiers, a Mountain Men Camp and Battery B Artillery, quilters, a petting zoo and more, along with a saloon serving root beer, sarsaparilla, cream soda, peanuts and entertainment. A horse drawn parade will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and a shodeo at 2 p.m. Saturday, which will include an egg race, red light-green light, greased pig contest, ribbon race, ride a buck and a stick horse race.
Biscuits and gravy will be served from a chuck wagon at 7 a.m. Saturday; ham and beans at noon; and a pig roast at 5 p.m. Vendors and crafters will be on site both days. Entertainment on Friday will feature Mike and Brenda Schirmer. Closing the festival Saturday evening will be a street dance with music by Border Line.
Ottumwa Homecoming
The Ottumwa Community Homecoming will begin at noon Oct. 10 with a covered dish dinner at Kelly Hall in Burlington and conclude at approximately 3 p.m. Alumni are to bring a covered dish, table service, a program item and a white elephant gift. For more information, call Gloria Rifenbark at (417) 623-0353.
Comments on rail plan
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is updating the Kansas State Rail Plan, a long-range plan covering major freight rail, short line rail and passenger rail activities in the state, stated the news release from KDOT. The public is invited to attend a public involvement open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday (Oct.5) at the Madison Ball Room of the Ramada Convention Center, 420 Southeast 6th Ave., in Topeka. Members of the Rail Plan Update Team will be present with displays, to answer questions and discuss rail issues with the public. A formal presentation will be given shortly after 5 p.m., after which there will be discussion. For more information, call John Maddox, Rail and Freight Manager, at (785) 296-3228 or toll-free 1-877-550-5368.
Attorney General Steve Six is warning Kansas veterans of a new scam targeting those who served the United States in the Armed Forces, stated the news release. The scam was reported to the Department of Veteran Affairs by other veterans organizations that heard about the calls.
Calls are being placed to veterans telling them the Department of Veterans affairs needs their credit card information to update their prescription records. The VA is warning veterans nationwide that the calls are not coming from them or anyone acting on the government’s behalf and urging the veterans to no give out their personal financial information to these callers. The veterans are told that the VA has recently changed its procedures for giving out medication and therefore needs their credit card numbers. This is a scam.
Six reminds all Kansans not to give out personal information on the telephone or through e-mail.
For more information about this scam, see http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1769. For tips to avoid scams and identity theft, see http://www.ksag.org/files/shared/IDTheft.pdf. or Beware of Scams: http://www.ksag.org/files/shared/BewareofScams.pdf.
Volunteers needed
Caring adults who are at least 21 years old and are interested in helping abused and neglected children have a safe, loving, permanent home are greatly needed by SOS CASA of the Flint Hills, stated the news release. CASAs, members of the community who care for children, include college students, high school graduates, business owners, retirees, full time workers and part time workers. CASA volunteers offer abused and neglected children trust and advocacy during complex legal proceedings. The CASA helps the child to understand what is happening and empowers the child by informing the court of the child’s wishes.
CASA volunteer training starts Oct. 14. Those interested are to call Dena Russell at 343-2744 or e-mail her at drussell@soskansas.com.
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