We have terrible stormwater runoff, said resident Deanna Pierson. We re in a flood zone.
Pierson, with help from an international organization that works with communities to address climate-related issues, published a survey late last year in The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise to collect responses from area residents about local problems they thought needed to be addressed.
Nearly 75% of respondents, according to survey results provided to The Topeka Capital-Journal by Pierson, indicated reducing flood risk was a high priority.
But until recently, efforts to reduce such risk were stagnant that is until Pierson connected with Thriving Earth Exchange, a program that aims to help communities of all sizes tackle local issues related to natural hazards and resources. And Paxico just so happens to be the smallest community with which the earth exchange has ever worked.
The Shawnee County Sheriff s Office arrested two people Thursday while seizing about 15 pounds of marijuana, which had been brought from Oregon to be distributed here, said Sheriff Brian Hill.
Shawnee County Jail records identified those in custody as Lisa L. Webber, 51, and Steve L. Counts, 59, both of Topeka.
The marijuana was seized by a sheriff s deputy and his K-9 partner, who are involved in drug interdiction efforts, Hill said.
He said the Shawnee County Drug Enforcement Task Force, which consists of the sheriff s office, Topeka Police Department and Rossville Police Department, then seized methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and additional marijuana while conducting a search in the 2600 block of S.W. Morningside Drive.
The Shawnee County Sheriff s Office seized 91.8 pounds of meth in the first quarter of 2021.
Sheriff Brian Hill presented first-quarter numbers to the Shawnee County Commission at Monday’s meeting. The department also seized 29.7 grams of marijuana and 2.1 grams of cocaine in 2021.
“Since the first of the year our drug task force has been extremely busy,” Hill said. “We want to let the public know we are working diligently to interrupt the flow of narcotics into Shawnee County.”
A presentation by the sheriff s office showed that methenamine use among people ages 26 and older has been increasing since 2016, but the use with people 18-25 has fluctuated.
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