Junction City Commissoner NateButler got involved in the community while on duty as a soldier at Irwin Army Hospital. After leaving the Army he served four years on the USD 475 Board of Education and was eventually “called” to the ministry. He and the family moved to Kentucky to start a church, but again returned to Junction City when the Butler children decided they wanted to move back to this area. “We love Junction City”, he said.
Butler served as the speaker for the Breakfast Optimist Club meeting. He told them that he was “proud of the way Allen Dinkel, City Manager, and the staff have worked so hard and been so successful in paying down the city debt, which has been a focus for several years.
The mill levy has stayed the same; sales tax revenue has dramatically increased in the past sixteen months; the Downtown Revitalization Program has given a boost to the business district; there are new business coming into the area and there are plans being put in place to get even more foot traffic into the downtown area.
The JC Breakfast Club will also purchase t-shirts for the Exceptional Family Members Program’s Special Needs Rodeo to be held July 17 from 10 until Noon at the 4-H Center on Spring Valley Road. The Rodeo is free to all children with special needs four years and older. Activities will include face painting, hand-rocked bull riding and arena rides. The contact information to RSVP is Laurie McCauley at 785-239-9435.
The JC Breakfast Optimist Club meets every Wednesday in the Hampton Inn Meeting Room at 1039 S. Washington Street in Junction City.