Story archive for July 2009
Friday, July 31
- Strickland takes over EHS softball program
- Jaw Breaker
- The happy blues are back
- Obsession and fear drive dangerous behavior
- Land of the Free?
- Auditions
- Summer reading
- Citizens look again at budget
- Dance production
- Rocket Man
- Concert
- Arts council exhibit
- County library meeting
- 80th birthday reception
- Pats on the Back
- Enrollment days
- FHTC Community Connections
- FHTC offers manufacturing skills certificate
- Friday Thoughts
Thursday, July 30
- More cuts needed in county budget
- City Golf Championship; Eisenhower tennis tournaments
- City commission discusses budget cuts
- Strong City Church is holding Holy Smoke barbecues
- One last time
- ESU announces 2009 Distinguished Alumni
- Good job
- Labor Day barbecue
- Redemption Time
- Garage sale
- Soto signs with Wingnuts
- Highway work approved; Budget hearing tonight
- Burned-out building is coming down
- Emporian wants to revive Big 4 picnic
- Old plates can be used on antique cars
- Courts get federal grant for treatment
- Court sets Herrick hearing
- Fair Electricians
- ESU Foundation loses chief development officer
- Input wanted on city budget
Wednesday, July 29
- City commission continues budget-balancing work
- Thriving under pressure
- Manhattan rallies to win State title
- Unique recipe options for the State Fair
- Nothing to be afraid of
- Downhome thanks
- Camp Alexander director departing
- Candidate, Panel discuss health care
- Health center has new staff members
- Filming the Hills
- Fundraiser set for baby with tumor
- New Braum’s store planned for Emporia
- ESU development officer will leave post
- ESU announces distinguished alumni
Tuesday, July 28
- The depressing life of a Royals fan
- Returning the favor
- Summer fitness
- Four Emporians make Senior Olympics
- Bartley wins national pole-bending title
- Americus News
- Emporia police get grant for two officers
- Arts Council gets grant for staffing
- Barnett forming campaign health coalition
- ESU students talk about study trip to Europe
- Allen man dead after rural accident
- Housing Sales Strong
- Sidewalk sale
- Natural causes
- Photos of the fair
- Library closed Friday
- The Red Hills
- Lots of help
- The bogeyman of health reform
Monday, July 27
- New health center director starts her job today
- Child-support amnesty
- Church crisis training
- A Day for Horses
- Don Day family
- Preserving produce
- Sheriff investigates unattended death
- Emporia Energy wins Heartland WS
- An early exit
- Remembering ‘the boss’
Saturday, July 25
- Hastings to close Aug. 1
- Reading, vocabulary in teachers’ focus
- Bad News Blues
- Leverington still beating the odds
- It’s time
- Riverside 4-H
- Shook shares secrets of a winning steak
- Summer Meals Program
- Flint Hills Digest
- Church wants old driving range as its new home
- Lebo author’s true-crime story is her own
- Busily back to school
Friday, July 24
- New dance studio will open at Kress Center in September
- County tables employee fitness plan
- Driving for Bowyer
- Marion Bank to take over ESU site
- Educating the Green Generation
- Friday Thoughts
- Pats on the Back
- What’s next for Dusty Maas?
- ESU women to face tougher nonconference sked
- Change in Angel Food orders
- Computer classes offered at the library
- Real rest, peace and joy
- ESU exhibit
- Council Grove event
- Community Theatre
- Book offers info on popular, odd sites
Thursday, July 23
- Youth basketball tourney, TRYSA fall soccer
- ESU coach Harris completes track and field staff
- Volleyball team earns academic honor
- KU sophs working on strength
- AAA loses at zone
- Blues teammates have long history together
- Sick Plant Clinics and Twilight Tour
- Bits about microbes again
- Great muster
- Mediation first?
- Training planned; card shower requested
- Burrito sale for Child Advocacy Center
- County told bus usage bounces back
- Lyon County Fair kicks off
- Hospital’s finances improving
- Building for Dogs
- Zoo keeper week
- ALS walk is set
- Yearbooks ready
- Better scores move city schools off ‘improvement status’ list
Wednesday, July 22
- Keep the Red Cross
- The old values
- Copious coffee cakes
- Flint Hills Calendar
- Steaks in the Game
- City mulls water, sewer rate change, job cuts
- Little boy works for what he wants
- Conversation: Visitors' Center
- Final concert
- Olpe trio together one final time
- Moore Sports - MIAA Adding Kanza Bowl could be big for Hornets
- Reception for departing United Way director
Tuesday, July 21
- City commissioners consider rate increases
- Spartans dominate at MAYB tourney
- Sanchez, Charbonneau place at National meet
- Staples joins in school-supply drive
- Southern Lyon Schools to increase tax levy
- Up in the air with the Abers
- Uncle Walter
- Mourning Jo
- Democrat of the Year
- Altrusa Meeting
- Birthday Reception
- Blood Drive
- it’s never too soon, or too late, to start yoga
- Free swimming returns to aquatic center
- ESU Foundation sees 6 percent increase
- Hay Market is Slow
- School Levy to remain nearly flat
- Tuition stimulus
- Department expanding
- Star Construction owner charged
- Special city meeting
Monday, July 20
- School levy would bump up 1.77 mills
- Note of gratitude
- The legacy of Virgil Basgall
- Dreiling to leave United Way at week’s end
- Guard unit honored
- Hetlinger clients run concession stand at zoo
- Lofty Quarters
- Former City Manager guided Emporia for years
- EHS wrestlers make Cadet All-American team
- Blues to open State against Wichita
- Energy U-18 takes 4th at State
- Emporia rallies to end losing streak
- One win short
- Emporia shines at last-chance meet
- Boschee bringing Jayhawks to Emporia
- Tips on buying Life Insurance
- Sertoma
- City commission reschedules Wednesday study session
Saturday, July 18
- Company hires, promotes
- Ribbon cutting planned
- Permits
- PIE, Anyone?
- Coal power costs a pocketbook issue
- Agriculture can do the job
- Aug. 14 Flint HIlls Beef Fest seminar coming up
- Gold reaches zone title game
- Banking on Success
- 4 Sunflower gymnasts place in top 10
- Blues earn 2nd victory of week over El Dorado
- Former Emporia city manager dies
- 2 School meetings set next week
- Police warn of scam
- Summer Meals Program
- Cottonwood Falls
- Obelisk set into place
- Bikers to compete at Camp Alexander
- Being a Saltshaker
- Cronkite, Emporia linked
Friday, July 17
- Walter Cronkite dies
- Explosion finishes fourth at State
- Ready for a wild ride
- Gold wins first, loses second at zone
- Students learn about career options in kids college
- Heermann retires from fhtc foundation
- Pats on the Back
- Hay for the horses
- Public Safety workers locked in Friendly battle for blood
- Special meeting at Olpe
- Generations passing
- Sunday hours
- Council Grove event
- Community Theatre
- ‘Leading Ladies’ closes theater season
- Winget pulls no punches in self-help book
- Solar cooking class offered
- Fed job workshop in Chase Co.
- 1st draft has 15.5-mill increase
- Good Timing
- Homegrown Celebration
Thursday, July 16
- County commissioners discuss 2010 budget
- Journey of Hope cyclists arrive in Emporia Friday
- Twilight 5,000; Jeff Boschee Basketball Clinic
- Area teams benefit from rule change
- AAA team blasted in fifth straight loss
- ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’
- School calendars available
- Ice cream, school clothes
- Water meters
- A whistle in the distance
- City stimulus request gets second look
- City approves notes for Fire Station 2 improvement project
- New Hair salon a tenant at Granada Plaza & Lofts
- Promoting healthy eating
- Restaurant stays open during health probe
- Wind-farm project is explained
Wednesday, July 15
- City commission approves money for Fire Station 2 repairs
- Wind energy company has leased land in Lyon County
- KDOT to reconsider stimulus money for Emporia
- The Wizarding Hour
- Mariah’s family hears her voice
- Big Brothers Big Sisters raising money
- Return to form
Tuesday, July 14
- City commission holds budget hearing
- Lady Hornets add post depth in late signing period
- Longbine helps KC team win National title
- Trip a bid for attention to disease
- Door-to-Door Art
- Fall enrollment increasing at Technical College
- Kabobs at Farmers Market
- New United Way director hired
- ‘Five Hundred Miles’
- Main Street Mingle
- The house on C Street
- Democrats picnic
- Gazette welcomes Michael Dakota back
Monday, July 13
- Thanks from 4-H
- Emporia’s old treasures
- Emporia Lions
- Hutchinson grad
- On the team
- Class, neighbors and family reunite
- Emporia Municipal Band
- Clubs confused
- Also in Monday's Gazette
- Tough squeeze
- ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ this week
- Blues finish Mike’s Classic with a win
Sunday, July 12
Saturday, July 11
- BNSF will look at right-of-way
- From the family
- Also in Saturday's Gazette
- Blues’ youth not served
- First Place
- AAA team splits in pool play
- Summer Meals Program
- Resurfacing K-130
- Prison, probation revocation in Coffey Co.
- Meet a Gazette Mom
Friday, July 10
- Card shower
- Pets in the Park
- Pats on the Back
- Also in Friday's Gazette
- Help needed for photo preservation
- Bust out the Brooms
- Kansas and the Clean Energy Bill
- Busy weekend includes Olpe Downhome Festival
- City budget hearings
- Scholarship fund
Thursday, July 9
- Emporia man sentenced for child porn
- At the market, Supper this time
- A couple of stories
- Generous support
- Sneak attack
- Also in Thursday's Gazette
- County gives go-ahead to clear Pallets Plus site
- Mental mistakes costly for Blues
- Veterans Day signs proposed for the city
- Scam alert
- Green remodeling
Wednesday, July 8
- Therapist bound over for trial
- Board looks at 5-year plan
- Epperly preliminary hearing set
- Also in Wednesday's Gazette
- Blues cruise, sweep Ottawa
- Former Heights star shines at meet
- Pyle, Rouhlac, named to All-Academic team
- ESU signs another closer
- Emporia AAAs sweep doubleheader for first time this season
- Ready for some rest
- Work on K-99
- Circus is coming to Emporia Monday
- From the candidate
Tuesday, July 7
- We Kan — and we are
- Utter disdain
- A good start for a celebration
- Farmers Market
- Back-to-school help
- Live in the Lot
- Also in Tuesday's Gazette
- Ruined in an inning
- Emporia State places 7 on Academic All-District team
- Americus pool fundraiser is set
- ESU reports exposure of computer records
Monday, July 6
- College giving
- More people pawning
- KU honor roll
- Horse show results
- Leadership academy
- Valedictorian
- St. Cloud graduate
- Joins Air Force
- Putting the Gold in Your Golden Years
- Fireworks stolen
- Fire investigation
- Road closed
- Sign up for class
- Card shower
- Citizens rescue driver
- Driver escapes serious injury during chase
- Making it possible
- Sarah Palin spreads confusion
- Also in Monday's Gazette
- Emporia’s Fourth
- Gold, Thunder slip up on final day of tourney
- Energy wins Wellington tourney
- Send us your 4th of July photos
Saturday, July 4
Friday, July 3
- Bowyer wins at Daytona
- Also in Friday's Gazette
- ESU baseball team signs 14 new players
- West 50 project
- Library
- Community Theatre
- ESU exhibit
- Concerts
- Summer Theatre
- Sunday hours
- Freedom rally
- Human antagonism, compassion
- Seek guidance
- Pats on the Back
- Not the time
- Menus
Thursday, July 2
- Further cuts mean less money for ESU
- Probation in thefts
- Fireworks parking
- Also in Thursday's Gazette
- Blues roll over Andover
- AAAs open tourney with win
- Actor Karl Malden was supporter of theater at ESU
- City asks county support for ambulance service
- Kansas courts put surcharge on fees
- Looting the American past
- Public help needed in search for stolen Dodge Neon
- Softball for Mariah Serrano
- Scholarships available
- Creeping up on 100
- Officials await more flu test results
Wednesday, July 1
- Lyon County's first case of H1N1 flu confirmed
- Commission passes beer garden ordinance
- Scream for ice cream
- EMPORIA MUNICIPAL BAND
- 'Tea Party' set for Saturday
- Finding that delicate balance
- Also in Wednesday's Gazette
- A bumper crop of pies
- Highway work begins
- Twin Rivers Festival plans complete
- Blues rally after blowing big lead