Flyover People Daily News

I was at the ESU Union this morning. The interior is still in the remodeling process, but the east side has been done for awhile and it looks marvelous. And it was such a clean (and warm) day for a photo.

buildings, ESU

I took some photos of EUS’s Plumb Hall a couple of weeks ago when I was there to speak to a class. It was definitely fall then. Today, I think we’re doing the switchover to winter.

ESU, seasons

Susie and Jim Aber won Best of Show for “Kite’s-Eye View,” an aerial photo taken at Presque Isle and Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. It’s a team photo because they work together sending up the kite and camera and taking photos by remote control. You can see more of their photos on the Abers’ website, Geospectra, [...]

E-town, ESU, events, other people's stuff

Tonight one of our favorite people – Eleanor Browning – was honored as one of seven Kansas Master Teachers.  It was certainly no surprise when her name was announced a month or so ago – because if you’ve ever heard her talk about teaching, you know how much she loves those kids. Ele is a [...]

ESU, Kansans

ESU Lady Hornets just won the NCAA Division II National Title! Way to go, Hornets! **

ESU

Sixty and counting.  Yes, those are bags of Cheez-its and Skittles hanging from the ceiling along with the balloons. He likes Cheez-its because they don’t have that dust on them, don’t leave your fingers in a mess. (Yeah, I hate that, too.) His co-workers decorated his office area in the Memorial Union at ESU.

ESU, Kansans

The William Allen White Community Partnership invites you to Sundays on the Porch An autumn series featuring these Sunday afternoon programs on the Porch of the William Allen White House State Historic Site ~ 927 Exchange Street, Emporia, Kansas ~ Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 2:00 p.m. Grassroots Boosterism II: Discussion on the Porch Featuring [...]

E-town, ESU, events, WAW

Tonight at the Lyon County Historical Museum: Max McCoy will present “Kansas Meteorites” at 7 p.m. today at Tuesday Night at the Museum, 118 E. Sixth Ave. McCoy is the author of “Strangely Heavy: A True Story of Passion and Rivalry in the Meteorite Fields of Kansas.” (from The Emporia Gazette)

E-town, ESU, events

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Jim and Susie Aber taking aerial photos using a remote-controlled camera attached to a kite string. Scott County, Kansas, May 2007. UP IN THE AIR WITH THE ABERS Jim and Susie Aber have taken photographs all over the state. And I do mean over. Using [...]

columns, ESU, Kansans, landscape, nature

“Night at the Museum” Tonight’s speaker at the Lyon County Historical Museum was Dr. DeWayne Backhus. He’s the chair of the Departments of Physical Sciences at Emporia State University. He took us on a tour of the night sky, gave us an idea of what’s hanging up there in the dark this time of year [...]

E-town, ESU, events, history

Don Coldsmith was one of the 30-some authors who signed books at Town Crier’s Author Extravaganza last week. Don has sold millions of books (and I exaggerate not). Not only is he a prolific writer (he’s published at least 40 books), his writings have been translated and sold around the world. And he’s written them [...]

ESU, events, Kansans, writing