Story archive for September 2009
Wednesday, Sept. 30
- NBC piece postponed
- City commission hears report on 2010 Census
- Cookson's cucurbits
- Screening
- Veterans asssistance
- Women’s symposium
- 4-H meeting
- Auditions
- Vehicle tags
- Tickets Available
- Emporia on NBC
- Clean sweep update
- Rental Incentives
- School absentee rate rises this week
- Close-out sale replaces auction at Madelynn's
- Stop the insanity
- District benefits both counties
- Shell game?
- EHS posts 6 personal bests
- Spartans struggle at League
- Emporia natives share points-title experience
- EHS goes 2-1 in Topeka
- Everything clicks for the Spartans
Tuesday, Sept. 29
- Madelynn's auction cancelled
- Support; Dependency
- Now that’s NEAT
- Figuring out a lineup
- Hornets patch together defense
- Attempted burglary
- Dessert? Yes.
- No free pass
- Flu shot Clinic Canceled
- Memory walk planned
- KU researchers add to evidence that smoking bans reduce heart attacks
- Bowyer drives for donation
- Plant Running
- Pancake Feed
- Brokaw visit to air
Monday, Sept. 28
- A real Cinderella story
- Ear, Nose, Throat doc retires
- More volunteers
- Brokaw visit to air
- Flu shot drive-through cancelled
- ECS’ Metzger wins
- Central beats ESU, 4-1
- Spartan gymnasts finish 4th
- Smith wins at Royal Valley
- Hornet men finish second, women place fourth
- Spartans struggle at Rim Rock
- EHS places 4th at home invite
- Hornets take UNO in five sets
- Life filled with improvisation
- Depression screening
- A Clean Sweep
- Same old, same old
- Fowler family
- Money smart action plan for today’s economy
Sunday, Sept. 27
Saturday, Sept. 26
- Hornets drop fourth straight
- Bowyer wins at Dover
- Recruitment time
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Menus for the week of September 28, 2009
- Burlington; Yates Center; Cottonwood Falls
- New Debut
- Concealed carry, other questions
- ‘Good fences make good neighbors’
- Building Permits
- ‘Style’ Emporia
- Waverly holds on for 2-point win
- Turnovers crucial in Chase County win over Heights
- Knockout
Friday, Sept. 25
- No win
- ‘Moment in the Sun’
- Porch series
- Seasons of Life
- Pats on the Back
- Friday Thoughts
- The Lawn Killing Machine
- Community classes offered
- EHS presents dinner theater
- Student volunteers for dental clinic
- Illnesses, pass defense concern Chase County coach
- Spartans snap losing streak
- Bad breaks
- Back to running
- Hayden sweeps Emporia
- New kicker joins the Hornets
- Festivals, cleaning on calendar
- Animals, sales at mall
- Farm Roots
- ESU enrollment declines
- Olpe Homecoming
- No more volunteers
- Fundraiser planned for Lebo center
- Essay contest offers cash prizes
- County proclaims Family Day
- Online Chat - Emporia Police Chief
Thursday, Sept. 24
- ESU enrollment declines
- Native American rights at heart of documentary
- Taxing authority is sticking point
- Hornets suffer loss No. 1
- Head of the Line
- Spend money to save money
- Madison goes 1-1 at Lebo
- Spaghetti before the game; food in Virgil
- Veterans meeting
- Raffle for Granada Oct. 15
- EHS finishes 2nd at Topeka
- Positive thinking
- Losses continue at Newman
Wednesday, Sept. 23
- Process begun for energy savings
- Wonderful pediatrician
- Family Day
- Latest, greatest apple recipes
- Throwing candy
- Grant will help home buyers in Emporia
- Playing through the pain
- EHS volleyball team splits at Shawnee Heights
- Spartans finish 7th at Rural
- Emporia gets $300,000
- Meece to face trial on murder charge
- Huston honored for hospice work
- Still time to vote
- Debaters post win
- Board hears flu report
- Habitat for dogs
- Rural Student Count Down
- Got Allergies?
- Turnpike accidents
- Get your flu shot today
- Semis in separate accidents, same spot
- Reception for Osborns
Tuesday, Sept. 22
- Emporia to receive $300,000 for street improvements
- Meece bound over for trial
- Crime of the Week
- Bowling Basics
- Emporia school board agenda
- Newman Regional Health Agenda
- Lyon County Commission agenda
- Hartford festival on Saturday
- $1M bond set in murder case
- Wedding Judge
- EMS A-team, B-team both win one match
- Shepard, Liu win MIAA weekly awards
- Hartford takes 3rd in home tourney
- No rest, no problem
- Tallgrass Express String Band
- Hurrah for Betsy
- More change coming
- Swim for your life
Monday, Sept. 21
- Time to make post-recession investment moves?
- EMS goes 1-2 in Lawrence
- ESU soccer team loses at Truman
- Mona, Delmott lead Hornets at Woody Greeno
- EHS boys, girls both finish 22nd at Missouri Southern Stampede
- EHS tennis team struggles at home meet
- EHS gymnasts finish 12th at SMN Invite
- Spartans finish 5th at Maize Invite
- Hornets need a healthy Page
- Going South
- Hornets more upbeat after win
- Happy Harvesters
- Whittington family
- Gasche family
- Flags lowered
- State program
- Making the cut
- 2 of 14 banners sell online
- Great Outdoors
Sunday, Sept. 20
Saturday, Sept. 19
- ESU loses at Southern
- Pilots converge on municipal airport
- ‘Catering to the senses’
- Headed Back
- Briefcase
- Area Menus
- Flinthills Digest
- About Town
- Building Permits
- ESU celebrates 100 years as Federal Depository Library site
- High court upholds decision
- Exercise, Aesthetics all in one
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Reading for Others
- New carpet store opens
- Alert, aware, alive
- Harvest Safety, Awards, and Districts
- Great job, Emporia
- Final 7 minutes doom Spartans
- Time Out
- Sweet revenge
Friday, Sept. 18
- White biographer shares stories with Emporia students
- Transitions Program prepares students for adult living
- Porch series
- Zombies help story flow
- Let me entertain you
- The Flint Hills Forest
- Brian Hanson brings music to Grace Methodist
- Foundations
- Launching Pacesetters
- Friday Thoughts
- Pats on the Back
- Festival is learning experience
- EHS finishes 6th at Derby
- Military Mom
- Lare leads Tampa Yanks to title
- Spartans lose at Highland Park
- Henderson, Olpe girls win at the Orchard; Smith paces Northern Heights
- ESU soccer team wins its first
- Showdown with old coach awaits EHS
- Hornets not dwelling on last year's loss
- Lebo getting it done on the run
- Something to chew on
- You Did It
Thursday, Sept. 17
- Arrest made in connection with homicide
- Busy weekend ahead
- Prairie Talk
- Fall Festival; Church concert
- Clean up now
- Time for responses again
- Water district grant on table
- City takes over concessions
- Free sports injury clinics; ERC activities
- Loucks excelling as punter
- Program works to prevent shaken babies
- Master engravers coming
- Jaguars win one at home quad
- Double Exposure
- The ABC’s of fall gardening
- EHS gymnasts finish 4th
- Hornets win in MIAA opener
- Fair not necessary
Wednesday, Sept. 16
- Madison goes 3-2 at Eureka
- Emporia goes 1-2 at Seaman
- Deserve what we get
- Downtown not a toilet
- Six recipes for six years
- Americus News
- Church open house
- Music gala features pianist, faculty
- Everything old is new again
- Frese, LeClear, Stone earn National Merit Honors
- Free kicks, confusion sink EHS
- Police chief responds to shooting rumors
Tuesday, Sept. 15
- Emporia Blockbuster store not affected by closings
- Forever young
- Henderson wins Wamego Invite
- ESU has no answers for kicking game
- EHS golfers finish 8th at Ozawkie
- Saalfeld wins two silver medals at Deaflympics
- H1N1 hits home — now relax
- Kidnapping, rapes charged
- Applefest this weekend at Hetlinger
- Supporting Mariah
- Explorers visit Howard
- Serious or not?
- ESU flute players plan reunion, concert
- Man charged with molesting children
- ‘Let’s Get This Done’
- 90th birthday
- 70th birthday
Monday, Sept. 14
- Local hero recognized by Topeka news station
- Semi rolls on Highway 177
- Redeker sentenced
- Examine your long-term goals
- Milton wins Senior Games
- Emporia High tennis team finishes 4th at home meet
- Hornets improve to 10-0
- Hutch beats EHS in Titan Classic final
- Stanbrough paces Spartans again
- Injury ends Rampy’s career
- Wide Left
- Student teaching
- 4-H News
- Marking milestones
- A right to care
- Bison proposal
- Tranquility closes
- Admire festival includes original song
- Education is key to first Beau Arndt Day
- Fiesta!
- Arts council nears goal
- Shooting victim dies
Sunday, Sept. 13
Saturday, Sept. 12
- Hornets fall short
- 10 Years; Startups
- Demolition
- Chase County; Burlington
- Hertz cars at Williams
- Menus
- Designs wanted for downtown bike racks
- Emporia to kick off bridal show season
- Living History
- Bunny reunion
- Gazette Mom
- Cuisine from western Mexico
- Helping Mariah
- Olpe grinds out win
- Heights derails Herington with balanced attack
- Dominating performance
Friday, Sept. 11
- Emporia High beats Hayden, 28-6
- Former Emporian charged
- Second urologist comes to Newman
- Let's talk weather
- Hartford wins 1, loses 2
- Spartans split with Spring Hill
- Spartan gymnasts show potential
- Hornets emphasizing special teams
- Real story of hoarders basis for new novel
- Hornets lose MIAA opener
- Ride Into History
- Heights looking to bounce back from blowout loss
- ESU Theatre to present Lone Star, Laundry & Bourbon
- Gala Benefit Pianist
- Sustainable Living Center offers courses
- Poker ride supports Foundation
- Community classes on calendar
- Stalking topic of domestic-violence summit
- August financial report tight
- Restaurant wants to make 9-11 donation
- A need for time-out
- With many thanks
- Pats on the Back
- 2009 Hornet Heritage award family to be honored Saturday
- Veterans, Music named as 8 Wonders finalists
- Lyon County Democrats
- Officials ready to give flu vaccines
- Market, Fiesta among weekend activities
- Ready when needed
- You may never know
- Equipment grant
Thursday, Sept. 10
- Positive diagnoses of H1N1 flu few and far between
- Savings encouraged
- EHS title banners headed to eBay
- Comeback puts EHS in championship
- Freshmen hold serve for ESU
- Seeking Aggression
- New parking policy for Saturday's market
- Veterans Day key to nomination
- City, county discuss extension proposal
- Closed session and reports fill board agenda
- Vektek embezzler, wife sentenced
- Shooting victim critical
- City will run arena concessions
- Grandview reunion; School board
- Tacos; Fall festival
- 1,000th Bunny
- Born on Sept. 11
- Lyon County commissioners meet for action session
- Donation from Italian Garden
Wednesday, Sept. 9
- Closed session dominates board meeting
- Shooting victim identified
- Sentenced in embezzlement
- Cachet of culinary creations
- Recreate history at Beatles tribute
- A teaching moment
- Community News
- Police look into shooting
- Hats off to Linda
- Heinitz career day leads EHS golfers to 8th-place finish
- Deep thoughts
- Spartans win one, lose two
- Support sags
- The consistent hitter
Tuesday, Sept. 8
- ESU confirms its first case of H1N1
- Lyon County health officer responds to ESU H1N1 case
- Charges dismissed in Herrick case
- Heights’ Smith finishes fifth at Jeff West
- Hornets lose to ASU
- Mona, Delmott lead ESU
- Spartan tennis team finishes 5th
- Higgins: No QB controversy
- Stanbrough finishes 3rd
- Lady Hornets land PG for 2010 class
- Spartans win tourney opener, 1-0
- Hornets improve to 8-0
- Hornets have work to do
- Market to fill downtown Saturday
- Arts drive halfway to goal
- Animals, Music, Fun
- Helmets are priceless, if worn correctly
- Conservation days set at Bluestem
- Program encourages community service
- Small town exploration
- Train whistles
- Donate now
- Extension district questions answered
Monday, Sept. 7
Sunday, Sept. 6
Saturday, Sept. 5
- Weekend obituaries
- ESU loses at Augustana
- Students’ Toy Shoppe class going strong
- Building Permits
- Fashion combines with helping pets
- Swanson promoted at Hartsook Companies
- Make your own plan
- A Passion for NASCAR
- Flint HIlls Digest
- Menus
- Local students will hear Obama speech
- Flavored smokes will be only a memory
- School board meets Wednesday
- Let students listen
- Up the Gut
- Olpe starts season with decisive win
Friday, Sept. 4
- Teacher’s smoking could bring sanctions
- No breakfast burritos at market Saturday
- Pats on the Back
- End of one chapter
- If we had no Bible
- The Prairie’s Plight
- Exhibit opening
- Olpe, Heights have questions to answer
- Defensive discipline
- EHS golfers finish 9th at Newton
- Lohmann out for the season
- ESU plans conferences, workshops for teachers
- County budget passes with 3 mill increase
- Fundraiser for toddlers; parents killed in accident
- No paper Monday
- Grants awarded
- Pacesetters kick off United Way campaign
- Hoy Tapped for First Coldsmith Award
- Preventing flu will take different mindset
- Harmon appreciative of care package effort
- Lots to do over Labor Day weekend
- Coin Laundry thefts investigated
- Cheer clinic
- Madelynns auction set
- Neosho Rapids meeting
Thursday, Sept. 3
- Story of family, sisterhood breaks hearts
- Church centennial
- Campaign finance law
- Stories bring stories
- Cooperation
- Shop locally
- Hornets passing the tests
- EHS wins in Wichita
- Free sports injury clinics; ESU flag football and kickball
- Railroad Reunion
- $41,000 and counting down
- ‘Beatles’ tickets
- MDA donation
- No Haunted Trail
- City passes budget with flat mill levy
- Plant lawn now
- Closed for holiday; Winter hours begin
- Art auction; Burritos
- Charges against Beatty dismissed
- Spartans look for answers at LB
- 2010 county budget passes
Wednesday, Sept. 2
- Beatty: Three charges dropped
- 90th birthday
- Madelynns customers line up to claim merchandise
- Online Chat - Emporia Arts Council
- Make skillet meals from scratch
- Salsa Contest Winners
- County commissioners meet for study session
- Petitt not guilty of homicide
- Shepard named MIAA hitter of the week
- Negative energy sinks Spartans
- Voters rights
- Giving of time
- Penny supper
- Petitt took new route before crash
- Officials address public questions
- Kansas Governor pushing smoking ban
- Petitt case ready for jury
Tuesday, Sept. 1
- Public meeting on extension districts held
- Madelynns Seized by state
- Give now
- Mobility, interrupted
- Lyon County Commission
- Emporia City Commission
- Elected officials paid much less than staff
- It’s almost fiesta time
- Prosecutors lay groundwork in Hall case
- Brokaw Visits
- Up in arms
- Spartans up to speed