Local Girl Scouts are planning “Mom and Me Boogie to the Beat” mother-daughter campouts at Camp Wood, near Emporia, Oct. 11-13, 2019.

The first campout is 5 p.m. Oct. 11 to noon, Oct. 12, and is for girls in kindergarten through third grade and their moms. Activities include crafts, games, fishing and traditional campfire singing and s’mores. Breakfast and lunch are included; concessions are available on Friday night.

The next day, Oct. 12, camp will run from 2 p.m. until noon on Oct. 13 for girls in grades 4-12 and their mothers. Activities include crafts, games, fishing and traditional campfire singing and s’mores. Horseback riding, high adventures and low ropes are available for an additional cost. Dinner and breakfast are included; concessions are available for Sat lunch.

Cost is $25 per girl and $25 per adult. Lodging is not included with cost of camp; additional charge depends on choice of cabin or tent. Registration deadline is Oct. 4.

A chip and seal project is scheduled to begin either Friday, Sept. 13, or Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, on state Highway 31 in Osage County, the Kansas Department of Transportation reported.

The project extends mile marker 10.09 at the Lyon-Osage County line east to mile marker 16.0 at the K-31/Dacotah Street intersection in Burlingame. The project is expected to take two days, weather permitting.

The contractor anticipates starting the project on Friday, with completion on Saturday. However, if the project does not start this weekend it will begin Monday with anticipated completion on Tuesday, weather permitting.

One-lane traffic will be controlled by a pilot car. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes and should add extra time to their travel schedules.

Vance Brothers Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., is the contractor on the $123,000 project.

Carbondale will celebrate the coming of fall with the annual Carbondale Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. The festival features a vehicle show and cruise parade on Kansas Avenue, children’s parade, bounce houses, and finish up with live music and a dance in Carbondale City Park

Here is Saturday’s schedule:

• 3-6 p.m. – Vehicle show and cruise on Kansas Avenue (cars, trucks, tractors, bikes, etc.) (785-492-3911 for information, Beth Knaup). No Entry Fee, display your “toy”. Cruise will lead parade at 6 starting at North Kansas to Main Street.
• 3 p.m. – Vendors and business displays, set up 2:30; vendor information [email protected]
• 3:15 p.m. – Children’s parade, staging at 3:15, in (south) City Park; pre-registration 785-836-7887, reserves participants a small gift. Walk ups are welcome.
• 3:30-7:30 p.m. – Bouncers, obstacles, slides, games; ticket or unlimited wristbands; assorted inflatable options for toddler to adult; $1 per time; $10 wristband.
• 4-6 p.m. – Farmers market, registration $10, information email [email protected]
• 4:30-7:30 p.m. Carbondale Police Department display; family and youth-adult information, safety items, drawings.
• 5 p.m. – Lions funnel cakes (available all evening); benefit Santa Fe Trail HS Scholarship Fund.
• 6 p.m. – Cruise parade; staging begins at 5:30. Check in and line up at north tree line of City Park. Parade route: Kansas Avenue and Lawrence, south to Main Street. Viewing available on west side of City Park.
• 6:50 p.m. – Color dash; registration 6:30-6:45; $10, includes four color stations; benefits Santa Fe Trail High School KAY Club.
• 7:30 p.m. – Color throw; $3 per color packet; inside designated area only.
• 7- 11 p.m. – Live music and dance in the park to the Delta Haze Band.

Company’s coming, and the Osage County Senior Center is getting ready for the Osage County Resource and Health Fair, coming up on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. The event, open to all ages, will showcase local services, programs, and products that can help lead to a healthy life.

The fair opens at 8 a.m. at the senior center, which will be hosting a fundraiser chicken noodle dinner starting at 11 a.m. Proceeds will go to the senior center.

The center is still taking donations for a thrift sale on Sept. 21 and 22; bring donations to the center. If after 4 p.m., call 785-528-1170 or 785-219-2440 to make arrangements. If you can’t get the items to the center, pick up can possibly be arranged.

Come on into the senior center for regular activities:

• Mondays: Sewing, exercise, cribbage and evening pitch.
• Tuesdays: Ceramics, 9 a.m.; and Mexican Train games and snacks 12:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays: Sewing and exercise, Threads Around the Table; maybe a movie.
• Thursdays: Art and painting and then pool at 1 p.m. More pool players needed.
• Fridays: Bingo with gift bag of $5; cribbage at 12:15 p.m. More cribbage players needed.

Have a great week! Come visit the Osage County Senior Center, 604 Market St., Osage City, or call 785-528-1170.

OSAGE COUNTY, Kan. – A hole in the road closed 125th Street in Osage County between Auburn Road and Burlingame Road Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, 2019. Osage County Emergency Management and the Osage County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning on social media the road closure was due to a sinkhole that formed overnight and the county highway department was working on it.

This afternoon, Glen Tyson, of Osage County Road and Bridge Department, said the road was reopened about noon today after a highway crew repaired a hole in the pavement.

Tyson said it was determined that heavy rains on Friday had undermined dirt alongside a culvert, which allowed the pavement to give way and form the hole in the road surface.

“The rains washed it away Friday, but it lasted until about 5 o’clock this morning,” Tyson said.

Tyson said the hole was backfilled with dirt and topped over with road rock for now. The culvert will be replaced soon and the pavement will be patched at that time, he said.

The county road route is used regularly by travelers and commuters between Burlingame and Auburn.

Tyson said there are other roads in the county that have been impacted by the recent heavy rains. One closure is township road 133rd Street between Valencia and Docking, also due to a culvert washout. Several minimum maintenance roads in the county have also been affected by culvert washouts, he said.

Osage County Emergency Management and the Osage County Local Emergency Planning Committee will host a training, exercise and planning workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, at the Osage County Emergency Operations Center Meyer Conference Room, 131 W. 14th St., Lyndon, Kan.

The focus of this workshop will be to provide participants the opportunity to develop a coordinated and comprehensive workshop and training calendar, using a capabilities-based planning process, to support the priorities and needs of all emergency responders in Osage County.

The workshop develops a clear picture of local agencies’ capabilities, resources, and level of training, and helps identify training and exercise needs for the upcoming three years. The workshop also provides an opportunity for participants to review their agencies’ training and exercise needs.

For more information, contact Bryce Romine, Osage County Emergency Management director, at 785-828-3323 or [email protected].

Osage County Senior Center Director Tammy Fager reports that things are bustling at the center lately. Last week, in addition to regular daily activities, the ladies took a bus trip to Bradley’s Corner in north Topeka for shopping at the mall there, but it was closed, so they went to Walmart and had a good time. Wednesday’s cribbage players also were able to enjoy a movie and popcorn; cribbage players are needed for Monday, Wednesday and Friday games. Last Thursday, several sharpshooters played pool at 1 p.m., even some ladies.

The usual activity schedule at the center is:

• Mondays, sewing at 8 a.m., exercising 11 a.m., cribbage 12:15 p.m., and pitch and snacks at 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays, ceramics 9 a.m.; Mexican Train games and snacks at 12:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays, same as Monday with Threads Around the Table.
• Thursdays, art and painting, and pool at 1 p.m.
• Fridays, bingo (gift bag, $5 value); cribbage 12:15 p.m.

The Osage County Resource and Health Fair will be Sept. 14, 2019, at the senior center; more information will be available soon. The fair is open to all ages, and provides access to many services and providers to improve people’s well being.

The senior center is still taking donations for a thrift sale on Sept. 21 and 22. Bring donations to the center; if after 4 p.m., call 785-528-1170 to make arraignments.

For more information, stop by the senior center at 604 Market St., Osage City, or call 785-528-1170.

$1.3 million project slated for November completion

Work to reconstruct a portion of state Highway 31, in Osage City, Kan., begins today, Aug. 19, 2019, the Kansas Department of Transportation has announced. The project will extend on Market Street from the state Highway 170 junction east to Fourth Street

The project and detour routes are being handled by the city of Osage City; KDOT is administering the contract.

This section of K-31 will be closed to traffic, and traffic will be routed on Lakin Street. No truck traffic will be allowed except for making or picking up deliveries. Local businesses will be open along the route with access from adjacent alleys and entrances. The project is expected to be completed by mid-November. KDOT asks everyone to use extra caution in the work zone areas.