Story archive for April 2009
Thursday, April 30
- Cedar apple rust
- Rain delays MIAA softball tournament
- ESU Softball team stuck at NO. 9 in Region
- Hornets fall to 2nd in Regional poll
- Council Grove splits with Chapman
- Hornets’ pitching, defense need to come through
- Catbackers golf
- Emporia man injured in turnpike accident
- Indian taco dinner
- K-State to conduct research on H1N1 flu
- Health Officials: Emporia prepared for flu
- In the Movies
- Arts Council plans night at the races
- Many nominated for Hopkins awards
- You Can Help Move a Mountain (of Cash)
- Burlington resident receives Presidential service award
- Newberg honored Seniors are named at ESU
- Judge opposes firearms in courthouse
- City considers allowing outdoor smoking areas at bars, restaurants
- Commissioners sign Neighborhood Stabilization action plan
- Fungus and people stories again
- Thespians’ thanks
- Here at midstream
Wednesday, April 29
- Spartans nearly knock off Seaman
- Schwenn inauguration is Friday
- Roman, Reimer take 3rd at home quad
- Conspiracy Theory
- Main street accredited for 2009
- Spartans break scoreless streak
- Food labeling
- Emporia’s offensive struggles continue
- May day treats
- Center gets grant for digital x-rays
- Officials and students hope to expand ESU-Saudi program
- Carbon credits
- Let kids wear Obama sneakers
- Concert
- Medication assistance on the way to Emporia
- More Homes
Tuesday, April 28
- Main Street receives accreditation
- Stroll and Show
- Car show to get hot start Wednesday
- Flooding subsides in county
- Take a Look Inside
- Speaker delivers anti-violence message
- Rules of the road
- Kent finishes 7th at MIAA heptathlon
- The drought continues
- Big breakfast
- In the real Eureka
- On the road of no return
Monday, April 27
- Road closing on the rise
- Council Grove sweeps Mission Valley
- 5 Hornets provisional at Sooner Invite
- Spartans qualify 2 relay teams for State
- Hornets end bad trip at Southern with loss
- Provider day
- EHS tennis finishes 7th at Valley Center
- Miss Kitty
- Useful information about swine flu
- Brown speaks tonight
- Menninger describes traps of memory
- Storms flood roads
- Counting snakes
- Health agencies prepare for flu
- K-99 closed north
Saturday, April 25
- Briefcase
- Building Permits
- Hospice Care organizing pet therapy program
- Meet a Gazette mom
- Young continues comeback
- ESU women win
- Spartans drop two
- Pearson sets new EHS discus record in meet at Manhattan
- Hornets' streak ends
- Reality Check
- A Sweet Sendoff
- ESU prepares for fourth annual Blaufuss Run/Walk
- Southern Lyon board
- Meeting set to discuss sprucing up community
- Menus
- Flint Hills Digest
- Co. Attorney warns parents of sexting
- Workshops at FHTC
- Homes tour next weekend
- U.S. 56 speed ups to 60 mph
- Big Green Egg
- Emporian’s photo earns recognition
Friday, April 24
- Back on the farm
- Grazing workshop scheduled
- PrairieLand gets new ‘partner’
- Rapids vote unanimous after Canvass
- LCAT gets stimulus Grant of $369,500
- Timmerman kids Find knowledge Through science
- Who She Was
- Hearing set on objection to Arts, Church projects
- Church News
- Challenge of the Great Commission
- Pats on the Back
- Friday Thoughts
- First-hand experience
- ESU presents British comedy
- Neil simon play coming from CTE
- Music in Reading
- Appraiser reappointed by County
- Church will honor the Moores
- Bulldogs split two with West Franklin
- Back to action
- Fundamentally Sound
- Some dogs know when an owl is near
Thursday, April 23
- E-cycling
- Enchilada dinner
- Emporia Rec Track Club
- Fueling the fire
- Newman hospital reports improved figures in March
- Back to Basics: The love of money
- A good law
- Help on mortgages
- Hear Dr. Walt
- Shopping online for victims
- Restoring Kitchen Cabinets
- School district feels effects of interest-rate fall
- County told fewer ride LCAT buses in 1st Quarter
- Americus mother killed in wreck
- Woman wins car in benefit drawing
- City gets stimulus money
- Burlington recognized
- City may subsidize sewer check valves
- Historian discusses liberty and immigration
- ESU Honors Shepherd Scholars
Wednesday, April 22
- Woman dies from accident injuries
- Hospital Board of Trustees discusses financials
- City commissioners discuss plan to ease sewer backups
- Young wins Emporia Invitational
- Spartan softball team swept at Topeka
- Spartans shut out again
- Warriors put up little fight against fast-start Hornets
- Ugly Games, Great Results
- Scam targets Emporia businesses
- Hornets disappointed with split
- Exotic grilled items
- Batteries target of thieves
- Auditioning for actors
- 'Laps 4 Landon'
- Republicans to meet
- Rapids vote for deal unanimous
- Ex-Aide to Brownback seeks Moran's seat in congress
- Earth Lessons
- New hall of fame inductees named
- Lyon County Commission study session
Tuesday, April 21
- Businesses report attempted credit-card scams
- Voters approve sale of natural gas company
- Wednesday agendas
- The sound of (old) music
- Trying to fill the medical gap
- Useful banking tips
- Health Agenda
- Make someone smile
- Bankers help teach students how to save money
- Fresh Food
- Bulldogs run-rule 2 opponents
- Sacred Heart Bid & Bite Fundraiser is Saturday
- School reaches out to neighbors
- Spartan swimmers finish 2nd
- Spartans, Grizzlies battle to scoreless tie
Monday, April 20
- The Week Ahead
- ‘Pops’ concerts planned
- Taste of Emporia set Friday night at auditorium
- Weekend fundraisers net more than $21,000
- Bikers blessed at Sunday service
- Dean’s list
- Fire help
- Living green in Emporia
- Come to dinner
- EHS gets 2 top-20 finishes at KU Relays
- ESU gets 5 provisionals at Long Beach State
- Spring game Q&A
- Hornets get much-needed sweep of SBU
- Club Agenda
- Senior Calendar
Saturday, April 18
- Burn Now
- Briefcase
- Local pair place nationally
- Spartans start fast in doubleheader
- Chase County splits with Osage City
- Hornets bounce back from mistake with win
- Spartans blow out Junction City to end skid
- Kolmer finishes 13th in javelin at Kansas Relays
- City debt discussed at Eggs & Issues
- Carbon credits mean cash
- Crime of the Week
- Flintstock coming
- Menus
- Flint Hills Digest
- Spring bragging rights
- Meet a Gazette mom
- Delay in printing of bill puts pressure on election for Neosho Rapids
- Brownback says tourism, recreation key for region
- Going green
- 2 Hornets provisional in California
- Emporia connection to TV show
Friday, April 17
- Building Permits
- Youth Essay contest winner Dalton scores again
- Hornets look to give Jennies 1st MIAA loss
- Spartans have big expectation for Sosa
- Migrant parent conference
- TPLS students bring home State awards
- EMS Students Receive Duke Honor
- Girl Scout Junior Mall Madness
- W.A. White Book Award winners named
- Teacher is named Einstein Fellow
- MS Stories
- Lyon County will share in $1.3 million for youth Jobs, worker training
- what’s next?
- Church News
- Kansas Concert opera will present ‘Madama Butterfly’ at ESU Sunday
- Downtown cleanup planned in conjunction with annual volunteer renovation event
- Menninger’s talk
- Pats on the Back
- Senior recital
- Play portrays abusive teen relationships
- Novel examines family, heritage
Thursday, April 16
- Brick Street not priority
- Tallgrass Prairie Preserve ends tour fees
- County may seek neighborhood funds
- ESU debate team finishes season with outstanding performance at national championship
- Allen’s Bob Lowder faces long recovery
- Raffle for old Geo is next week
- Taking a measure of today’s economy
- Garden green
- ESU rugby to host Benedictine
- ESU makes ranking look good
- Spartans finish 2nd at Seaman Invite
- New Positions, Fierce Battles
- The old days of Road 200
- Wear the blue ribbon
- The election recounted
- Train for Tebbetts
- EHS reunion
- Box tops
- Snakes Alive! Volunteers are sought for count
- ‘Dr. Walt’ will speak in Emporia
- Emporia Tea Party
- Friendship meals move to town
- City seeks stimulus money for police
- Medications donation, safe routes
- Body found in farm pond
- Emporia - Lyon County most wanted
Wednesday, April 15
- Clements man sentenced for threat
- Change in postmark courtesy explained
- Casseroles for quick cooking
- Kline birthday anniversary
- Playground politics
- Shredding for safety
- EHS tennis finishes sixth
- Council Grove splits with Osage
- Spartans have 5 top-5 finishes at BVNW Met
- Spartans lose third straight
- Rodriguez, Loucks carry EHS to upset
- Dennis pitches a perfect game
- Dinner, ceremony are planned for crime victims' rights week
- Advisory board completes juvenile justice grant application
- Plant sale, operas
- Ex-Emporian Mike Wise suicide at 64
- Going Electronic
Tuesday, April 14
- Recount confirms smoking ban question
- Information outlet
- Without the swagger
- Fit for a cause
- Health Agenda
- Lyon County Commission
- Preschool fundraiser
- St. Patrick’s Committee distributes largesse
- Children, Teddy Bears welcome at clinic
- Recreation Management, funding discussed
- Survivor aims for ‘Man of the Year’
- Journey to the Past
- Ban recount is today
- New K distracts in a good way
- Williamson providing consistency in right field
- Prisoner jumps from upper level
Monday, April 13
- Recreation commission discusses mill levy increase
- Enough celebrity
- Understanding Easter
- Recount request filed for smoking ban question
- Thanks
- Hornets Split Twin Bill at Pittsburg
- Hornet pitchers shine in sweep at Truman
- Running for redemption
- The City of Hartford meets at 7p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
- Chase County Earth Day
- Soil judging
- Senior Calendar
- Club agenda
- Library’s once-a-month homebound program still busy
- Chat with the chief
- Will the dog finds a loving home
- The week ahead
- Cars to be raffled for good cause
- Smoking ban takes effect quietly
Sunday, April 12
Saturday, April 11
- K-State Research shows potential in feeding cull cows
- ESU tennis teams swept at SW Baptist
- Hornets split with Lions
- EHS soccer team drops 2nd straight
- EHS track girls finish 2nd at Topeka
- Hornet hitters stay hot at Truman
- Satisfyingly Second
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Still time to see Denise Brown
- EHS programs focus on domestic violence
- Effective immediately
- Community Resource
- Honoring dispatchers
- Small-town journalist dies
- Taxpayer Tea Party
- Flint Hills Digest
Friday, April 10
- Smoking ban in effect now
- Final election results
- Dog of the Year choice made lasting impression during life
- Granillo in 1st place in decathlon after first day of ESU Multis
- Spartans golf team finishes in seventh
- Right where they need to be
- Friday Thoughts
- Pats on the Back
- IBT celebrates anniversary in Kansas, Emporia
- Granada hires director
- A Long Road
- Votes added; results to come later
- Saturday enrollment dates scheduled
- Celebrate administrative professional day
- FHTC Community Connections
- Kid’s College at Flint Hills Tech
- Good Friday to Great Friday
- Financial outlook good for March
- Museum program
- Battle of the Bands
- Time to order April angel food
- ‘Remarkable memoir’
- RDA studies loan program for city
- Church News
- China painting display
Thursday, April 9
- Disposing of hazardous waste part of agenda
- EMGC to close for green work
- Hornet softball team ranked 9th in region
- Elusive Hornets find way to win
- Tax-smart Investment Strategies
- Economic upturn
- Re-roofing project, Ayers benefit
- Garage destroyed by fire; loss estimated at $20,000-plus
- ESU forum celebrates, honors research
- Green Light
- Menninger comes to Emporia
Wednesday, April 8
- School board prepares for recreation tax hike
- Boards meet in joint session
- Student project celebrates Earth Day
- Council Grove, Chase County split doubleheader
- EHS golf team finishes 9th at Salina Central Invite
- Blue Valley West overwhelms young Spartan soccer team
- Blue Valley West overwhelms young Spartan soccer team
- EHS defense struggles at Junction City
- An easy sweep
- Spartans not satisfied with split
- Free Movie
- Remember food safety when decorating eggs
- Ideas for Earth Day
- Another 5 years
- No coin flip here
- Lehrer's 'Eureka'
- LCAT presents emergency plan
- EHS music students head to state
- Benefit planned for Tebbetts
- EHS students to show art
- Few voters, write-ins sway county races
- What’s next?
- Two More Days
Tuesday, April 7
- Scheller is top vote-getter
- Smoking ban question still up in the air
- Mood tense at courthouse as votes tallied
- Election Results
- Safe school routes
- Meetings around town
- New citizen votes for first time
- Health agenda
- Fun Run Anyone?
- Another Ponzi scheme
- Tickets available
- Workshops for animal advocates
- Center offers help in stressful times
- Family Farm
- Voter turnout brisk in city
- Spartans start season in rebuilding mode
- ESU pitchers shut down the Griffons
- Euler selected to play in KBCA game
- Groups prepare for annual Biker Sunday
Monday, April 6
- School board meets Wednesday
- Tobacco use, obesity top roadblocks to healthy communities
- Disputes study
- CloverLeaf 4-H Club
- April fool!
- Smoking ban: letters to the editor
- ‘The tumult and the shouting dies’
- Head to the polls
- Bilingual ads reach out
- Tour remembers Dunlap’s past
- Advanced voting numbers released
- Filmmaker wants to focus on prairie fire
- Moving Forward
- EHS golf postponed
- Chase County sweeps Mission Valley in baseball opener
- Spartans finish 4th at home meet
- Emporia State sweeps NW Missouri
- Spartans win Titan Classic
- Top that
- Hornets, Griffons split doulbeheader
- Birthday reception
- Crime of the Week
Sunday, April 5
Saturday, April 4
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Spartans open year with sweep
- Spartans start season with win
- Record shot down
- Hornets split with uno to kick off miaa slate
- EHS Soccer wins, moves to title game
- Building Permits
- Briefcase
- Agriculture
- Several steps can keep pine wilt contained
- Dance remembers Brianna Mundy
- Fund set for Lowder family
- Giving Aid
- When Summer Comes
- We are shocked! Shocked!
- Making the decision
- Father’s bad habits
- Michels involved in teams and in town
- Air-quality study released
- Lots of issues at Eggs & Issues
- ESU tennis teams lose at NW Missouri
- Menus
- Flint Hills Digest
- Southern negotiations
- Ask the experts
Friday, April 3
- As season begins, It’s time to talk turkey
- Preschool enrollment times
- Lyon County and Health Center to discuss details of contract on center’s building
- Students tapped for national conference
- Sleep Number mold problem leads to lawsuit
- Democrat urges fiscal, environmental responsibility
- Provisions of the ordinance
- Yes or No?
- New book is modern hands-on guide to solar system
- Children’s theater
- Church News
- The Bull, the Bear and the Lion
- Pats on the Back
- Friday Thoughts
- Addressing the issue
- ‘12 Angry Jurors’ to take EHS stage
- Council Grove swept in season-opening series
- Spartan swimmers finish 3rd
- Saalfeld has chance to go for gold, but needs your help
- Stinnett looking for 3rd title
- Card shower
- Rosales to go nationals
- Special Olympics Committee encourages students to end use of hurtful ‘R’ Word
- Lawmaker discusses thriftiness
Thursday, April 2
- Emporia connection to JC crimes
- Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi classes
- EHS soccer team wins opener
- ESU sweeps Rockhurst
- Markowitz’s big hit leads ESU past Bethany
- It’s spring … go green
- County discusses rock-quarry request
- DIY Laminating
- Fun tributes from teaching
- The new roundabout
- Time to wake up?
- ‘Short, sharp shock’ for smokers
- Shooting for Special Olympics, Two groups fry fish
- Fair Housing, Feel the Burn
- Northern Heights students compete at State, nationally
- County makes April Month of Young Child
- Hometown Sushi
- County commissioners action session
Wednesday, April 1
- City commission says no to historic district
- Spartans finish 3rd at home meet
- Team thanks
- Extracurricular activities
- The next vision
- Health Coalition honors 16 Emporians
- Emporians only
- Apple orchards appear healthy after ice storm
- Winning by Design
- Natural gas bill sent to governor
- Chase, Osage counties get federal stimulus projects
- Moran still in race
- Emporian dies at KC construction site
- Camp Alexander hires summer camp director