By At ESU’s Memorial Union this afternoon, banners were being hung in Webb Lecture Hall and the custodial staff was polishing the floor outside the Colonial Ballroom. Students were shining the metal handrails on the staircase. Tables had been set for Michael Lane’s Inaugural luncheon tomorrow. The inauguration ceremony takes place in Albert Taylor Hall Saturday …
A Night in Bleeding Kansas
Monday evening April 2, at 7 p.m. ESU will host”Keeping Their Memory Alive: A Night in Bleeding Kansas.” The event will be in Webb Lecture Hall in ESU’s Memorial Union. Historical performances will be given by Joyce Thierer and Ann Birney of Ride Into History. Grady Atwater will give the Keynote Address. All proceeds will …
Meteorite Man
It’s so much fun to listen who is enthusiastic about what he does. Dr. Don Stimpson loves science and he loves his work with meteorites. Emporia Gazette reporter Scott Rochat and Dr. Stimpson discuss the meteorites that Stimpson dug up on his land in Kiowa County. The left rock weighs about 300 pounds and the …
Green and loud
It may have only been a 20 minute St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but it was a noisy 20 minutes. Before the parade started, the color guard waited. Michael Turnbull and the rest of the Shriners in their little cars. There were also Shriners on small motorcycles. A boy watches. If you ever roll your semi, …
Spring Expo
At the Spring Expo, Roger Heineken tells a family about the dedication ceremony for the wading pool at Peter Pan Park, which was held in 1931, I believe. William Allen White and his chums (including U.S. Vice-President Charles Curtis, U.S. Senator Arthur Capper, Gov. Hoch) attended the event at which 25,000 free ice cream cones …
Friends of the Plains
Authors Don Coldsmith and Marci Penner This evening, Marci Penner spoke at the annual Friends of the Plains Dinner at Emporia State University. Friends of the Plains is part of the Center for Great Plains Studies at ESU. Jim Hoy directs the program. Marci gave a great program – a slide show of “Explorery” places …
Elderhostel – Destination Emporia
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. …
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 …
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 …