By 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 …
National Champs
ESU Lady Hornets just won the NCAA Division II National Title! Way to go, Hornets! **
Happy Birthday, Roger
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.
September Sundays
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 …
Max and the Meteorites
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)
Up in the Air with the Abers
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 …
Stars and Stuff
“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 …
Don Coldsmith
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 …
Roger’s Snowmen
We’ve only had a dusting of snow this season, but Roger Heineken has managed to create some snow characters. Roger designed and helped to build these snowmen for the President’s Tea last week. Now, the snowguys are stationed in ESU’s Bookstore to add to the spirit of the season. Roger is a creative whiz kid. …
Dan Spees
Wednesday afternoon I visited ESU to listen to poet Dan Spees of Hutchinson read poems from his new book: Asleep in the Orchard Grass. The book was published by Woodley Press at Washburn University. He earned his masters at ESU and some of the poems are set in Emporia. I enjoyed the imagery in his …
Catch the Spirit
Roger Heineken at ESU’s Memorial Union shows me a top hat that was turned into lost and found several years ago – and never claimed. He’s used it atop a snowman for holiday decorations before and will again this year for the upcoming President’s Tea. (See photos of display from last year’s event.) Here’s Roger’s …