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Posted on October 5 at 12:48 a.m.
I've used a couple of others in town and I think this one is maintained very well. I ran into the gentleman and his son one evening, and they seemed very nice and asked how the cleaning machinery had worked for me. It was clear that they want to run the business well, and took pride in cleanliness and customer service.
I'm glad to give them my business.
Posted on September 27 at 1:55 p.m.
This was a great service, and a great way to get rid of old, broken, and unwanted stuff.
Thank you to the organizers and volunteers for making this happen!
Posted on September 6 at 5:55 p.m.
tbluma, could you please point out what districts in Kansas grant teachers tenure?
I'm not aware of a single one.
Posted on September 6 at 5:47 p.m.
What next, are they going to outlaw wine coolers and flavored liquors?
Posted on August 15 at 7:16 p.m.
I hope they survive this. They corrected the problems immediately once they were discovered.
It would be terribly sad if the only decent Italian restaurant in the area shut down due to a short-term problem.
Posted on July 26 at 8:37 p.m.
Fairbro, try Town Crier downtown. They're exactly the kind of place that has local authors in for book signings.
Posted on July 20 at 5:22 a.m.
methusla:
I've been around Emporia long enough that I've seen times when the economy was booming, and times when it was terrible.
You dismiss my comments by claiming that the city can't afford to attract those kinds of businesses due to the current economic situation. Why, then, did the city not make such an attempt when the economy was in good shape?
How hard did we compete against Coffeyville in the late 1990s to bring the Amazon.com distribution center here? Even with our location advantage on a major interstate, Coffeyville made the cut and we didn't.
I don't claim or state that Emporia businesses need to cater to the wants and needs of college graduates. What I do state is that Emporia needs to diversify its business environment so that it is not focused so exclusively on the manufacturing industry. Not only would diversification make it easier for Emporia to weather an economic storm, but it would deepen and diversify the talent pool here, making the city attractive to new businesses in the future.
On PIE, Anyone?
Posted on July 19 at 4:33 a.m.
You might check with the University foreign languages department. I'll bet they have someone there who could help you with translation.
On PIE, Anyone?
Posted on July 18 at 11:15 p.m.
The "big question" about why students leave when they graduate is just silly.
They leave because Emporia does not promote or value companies that have jobs that require college graduates.
The city government salivates over a pet food plant or a diesel engine remanufacturer, which are both great operations that provide good jobs to the community--there are no negatives there. But then they don't appear to make any real effort to bring high-tech, computer related, humanities related or scientific/engineering business to this area.
As long as the city is focused exclusively on blue-collar industry, the vast majority of college graduates have no choice but to go where they can find jobs appropriate to their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Hopefully outreach efforts such as the one described in the article will help to educate city leaders about the untapped resources that they (and potential future Emporia businesses) could be benefiting from.
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Posted on October 5 at 10:20 p.m.
tbluma, "tenure" is a perpetual right to a job. Kansas law does not make provisions for tenure for public school teachers. What you are talking about is the granting of due process rights, where the teacher's dismissal must include a stated cause, and there are provisions like the right to a hearing to challenge the cause.
Prior to being hired for the fourth year (third, if a teacher has already had due process rights in the prior district), the teacher has no due process rights, and is typically dismissed by non-renewal--simply not being offered a contract for the following year, with no reason needed or stated. Once they begin teaching their fourth (or third) year, then they automatically have their due process rights.
It is certainly a lot more than employees in most non-academic jobs have, but it is not tenure as you see with collegiate academics.
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