The Emporia Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications for the 2019 grant cycle. The ECF grants committee makes grants for innovative projects and programs that are responsive to changing community needs in the areas of health, social service, education, recreation, and cultural affairs.

The 2019 grant period will begin with applications being accepted during the month of September. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Recipients will be announced in December and disbursements will be made in January 2019.

Due to a rained out park, the Carbondale Fall Festival has been postponed to Oct. 6, 2018. The event had been scheduled for last Saturday, but the rain made navigating the park impracticable that day. Organizers are still accepting vendors, and volunteers are still needed for the new date. Currently, the same schedule of activities is planned, but more could be added.

For more information, contact Mary Vawter Burgett at 785-836-7887 or [email protected].

New picnic shelter

The weather is nice! Have you had time to enjoy the new picnic shelter located just to the west of Overbrook Lake dam behind Casey’s? Thanks goes to the Rotary Club and Parks and Rec for sponsoring this new shelter.

Trunk or Treat

The United Methodist Church is sponsoring Trunk or Treat again this year on Oct. 31, at City Lake. Any other organizations that would like to participate is asked to contact Jessica Frye at [email protected]

City Lake remains on blue green algae warning

As of Aug. 13, 2018, KDHE has placed Overbrook City Lake, not the Kids’ Pond, in warning status for blue-green algae. Check the KDHE website http://www.kdheks.gov/algae-illness/ for more information.

Don’t overlook Overbrook T-shirts

The Betterment Committee has replenished their supply of “Don’t Overlook Overbrook” T-shirts, All sizes are available for children and adults, from small to 2XL, at Overbrook City Hall. The cost is $20 and all proceeds go toward renewing Overbrook’s mural. Stop by and get yours soon.

Overbrook Police Department

School began on Monday, Aug. 20, and boy it was crazy with students and parents. Remember with back to school comes kids walking both to and from school and activities. Remember to slow down and use caution and be mindful of those who are walking or on bicycles.

Here’s some other things to remember: Seventh Street, which runs east and west is a one-way street. Each year we have folks who don’t realize this until it’s too late – one way traveling west. Also, our maintenance department has been working hard putting up new school zone lights on U.S. Highway 56 and crossing stripes at Seventh and Maple streets.

Let’s all be safe as we all drive to work or school. The school zone runs from 7-8 a.m. and then again 3-4 p.m. And, fines are doubled statewide in school zones.

Voices of the Wind People, an outdoor drama, will be performed Friday and Saturday evenings, Sept. 14 and 15, 2018, at the Old Riverbed Amphitheater, Council Grove, Kan.

The pageant, written by Ron Parks, provides a historically accurate snapshot of what it was like when the Native American and Euro-American cultures collided in Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail.

Sharon Haun, pageant organizer, said, “The performance will take you back in time to the mid-1850s and give you a front row seat to hear both sides of the story between Chief Allegawaho, the Kanza (Kaw) Chief, and Seth Hays, Council Grove’s first Euro-American resident.”

This drama was first produced 26 years ago, and is performed every two years.

The production of “Voices of the Wind People” is accomplished completely by volunteer staff and performers.

Approximately 30 members of the Kaw Nation will travel to Council Grove to portray their ancestors in the pageant. They will enact village scenes and perform dramatic roles and traditional dances.

Scranton is busy planning its Fall Heritage Celebration, which will be the weekend of Sept. 21-22, 2018, starting Friday night with a co-rec all night softball tourney. The schedule for the celebration is:

Friday, Sept. 21

• 7 p.m. – Co-rec all night softball tourney $225 per team, T-shirts available for $10.

Saturday, Sept. 22

• 7-11 a.m. – Lions Club Breakfast, eggs “cooked to order”, sausage, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, coffee. Breakfast at the Hulsopple Community Center (in city park), 300 E. Boone St., Scranton. Freewill donation accepted.
• 8 a.m. – 5K walk run, $25 includes T-shirt if registered by Sept. 8; $30 if afterward.
• 11 a.m. – Kubb Tournament $30 per team of 2 -3 players; T-shirts available for $10.

For registration of any events and shirt order contact Tim Nedeau at 785-806-0322 or [email protected] For more information about the Lions Club breakfast, contact Paul Schmidt at 785-793-2149.