Learn about William Allen White! June 3 – June 8, 2007 Who was William Allen White? “Sage of Emporia,” White shaped opinions and events as editor and publisher of The Emporia Gazette. Whether fighting the Ku Klux Klan or embracing women’s suffrage, this Pulitzer Prize winner captured international minds from (his home in) America’s heartland. …
Pieces of Emporia
The former Rose’s Grocery Store. Today’s Flyover People column: Pieces of Emporia You can listen to Kelley Hunt’s song, “Roses,” on the Prairie Home Companion website. On that page, click on SEGMENT 1 and you can “fast-forward” through the first 13:48 minutes to get to Garrison Keillor talking to Kelley Hunt about Emporia. (Or, along …
Birthday Party
The party has begun at W.L. White Auditorium in Emporia. There are displays set up throughout the day and then tonight, there will be food, a program, cake walks, and other activities. Helen Ericson of the Flint Hills Regional Quilt Guild talks to a woman about quilt-making.
Since 1857
Feb. 20, 1857. Happy 150th, Emporia. To help us celebrate, this morning, from 9-noon, on Kansas Public Radio, Rachel Hunter will be playing classical music with Emporia connections. 150th Anniversary Events February 20, 2007 – 150th Birthday Party White Auditorium, 111 E. 6th Ave. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. – Historic exhibits on display for students. 5:30 …
1878 Tornado
In 1878, Emporia’s first tornado destroyed or damaged 50 or more buildings. The first stop sign was installed in Emporia in 1925. 1973 – Emporia Ice and Storage, near 2nd and Commercial was destroyed by fire. (Fire and Ice) June 17, 1978, three ESU faculty members were killed when a tornado hit the Whippoorwill Showboat …
Looking West
Whoa! Is that … blue sky? Why, yes it is. I snagged this picture this morning from the Emporia Gazette’s webcam. The morning shadows were long and from the southeast. On Tuesday, we had a couple inches of ice/snow and that’s what all the white stuff is all about. It’s cold here, 13 degrees at …
Sing a Sad Song
You know that Daniel Powter song, “Bad Day?” Well, it was not a good day in Emporia. Lenze announced they are taking their toys and heading to the East Coast. Thirty-four jobs lost there. Fort Scott Community College is taking their truck-driving program away from the Flint Hills Technical College (90 students trained last year). …
Bierocks
Yesterday, there was a bierock sale at the Sacred Heart Church Parish Hall. I bought some. They were very good.
150 Years of Emporia
150th Anniversary Events February 20, 2007 – 150th Birthday Party White Auditorium, 111 E. 6th Ave. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. – Historic exhibits on display for students. 5:30 p.m. – Dedication of Emporia Main Street sculpture. 5:45-7 p.m. – Hot Dog & Chili Feed with Birthday Cake, Activities & Games, Exhibits and Historic Demonstrations. 7-8 p.m. …
Face on a Cake
It was chocolate, this cake made by Mrs. Reeble. (Well, Reeble’s Country Mart baked it, not Mrs. Reeble herself.) I’ll bet William Allen White never imagined his photo to be printed – in frosting – on a birthday cake. Today was the 139th anniversary of his birth. Roger Heineken of the William Allen White Community …
What Separates the Sane from the Insane
Two female penguins prepare to take the polar bear plunge. Air temperature, 23 degrees. Water temperature, yikes. It looks like they had to chop a hole in the small, residential Mouse Lake in order for these crazy people to jump into the water this morning. Seventy-two (72!) people did step, jump, and cannon-ball into the …