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THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
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Monday, January 18, 2016
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W E AT H E R
ABOUT TOWN
OBITUARIES
MLK Day observations
Virginia Louise Kelley
At 5:15 p.m. today a march commemorating Martin
Luther King Jr. Day begins at Sixth Avenue and Commercial Street, going west on Sixth, then south on
State, to arrive at Grace United Methodist Church. A
free meal of ham and beans, cornbread, drinks, desserts will be served at Grace Church.
The community’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will begin in at 7 p.m. the sanctuary at Grace
UMC; the Rev. Samuel Oliver of Mt. Olive AME Church
is the guest speaker.
A second observance will be held at 7 p.m. at
Church of the New Covenant, 2300 E. Sixth Ave.
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The DAILY REPORT
ANIMALS
made by calling 340-6345
between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
weekdays.
PET PATROL
To report a lost or found pet,
call the Humane Society at
342-4477.
EMPORIA VETERINARY
HOSPITAL
Pets may be available for
adoption at the Emporia
Veterinary Hospital, 710
Anderson St., 342-6515.
ANIMAL CONTROL
Arrangements to claim or
adopt pets at the city animal shelter at 12th Avenue
and Hatcher Street can be
L O T T E RY
wasn’t aware K an s as
didn’t have a compensation statute. He said 30
other states and the District of Columbia and federal government provide
for compensation.
“The purpose of the
draft legislation was to
just get the conversation
going,” Gonzalez said.
Several details in the
Gonzalez legislation still
need to be worked out
in committee. For example, Gonzalez said his
bill doesn’t define “exoneree” or set limits on the
amount of money they
may receive.
“We can’t make it a
blank dollar amount, we
must be specific,” Gonzalez said. “Hopefully we’ll
get something going.”
Corrections Committee Chairman Rep. John
Rubin, R-Shawnee, plans
to hold hearings on the
matter if the bill remains
in his committee.
“We need to talk about
this issue, not just in the
Bledsoe case but more
generally,” Rubin said.
Tricia Bushnell, executive director of the Midwest Innocence Project,
anticipates her group will
have a chance to discuss
the Gonzalez bill during
committee hearings.
“Until then, what we
can say is what we all
know: what is not acceptable is to do nothing,” she
said.
The 4-H “Hop To It” Rabbit Club meets the third
Thursday of each month. Information: 341-3220.
Basic internet class
Staff at the Emporia Public Library are offering a
free computer class called “Basic Internet” from 2 to
6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at 110 E. Sixth Ave. Register by calling 340-6461.
Breakfast in Admire
The Admire Community Center will have their
monthly pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Jan. 23
at the Admire Community Center. Menu items include
pancakes, biscuits and gravy, fried potatoes, sausage,
juice and coffee.
A free-will donation will be accepted. Proceeds go
toward maintaining the community center. The North
Lyon County Museum will be open during breakfast.
Cheese tasting
An Emporia Main Street Mingle will celebrate National Cheese Lover’s Day with a cheese tasting from 4
to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Twin Rivers Winery and Gourmet Shoppe, 627 Commercial St. The community is
invited to attend.
The Associated Press
Kansas’ high sales taxes on
groceries have people crossing state lines to shop, particularly residents living in border
counties, and the trend is
hurting not only low-income
families, but also rural grocery
stores and local governments,
according to a new study.
Kansas lost $345.6 million
in food sales in 2013 — costing the state $21.2 million
in lost sales tax revenue, according to a recent report by
Wichita State University’s
Kansas Public Finance Center.
The center analyzed the latest available food sales data,
which does not include last
year’s food tax hike to 6.5 percent, among the highest in the
nation even before local sales
taxes are added in. Kansas is
one of only 14 states that tax
food.
In northwest Kansas,
73-year-old Larry Adams and
his wife struggle to make ends
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Gilbert Trussell
NEWTON
Gilbert “Gilby” Trussell
died Sunday, January 17,
2016, at Newton Medical
Center in Newton. He was
94.
Mr. Trussell was a retired signalman for the
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Santa Fe Railroad.
A service will be held
at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First
Presbyterian Church in
Cottonwood Falls. BrownBennett-Alexander Funeral
Home has the arrangements.
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Donald LeRoy Johnson
A full obituary will be
Donald “Shorty” LeRoy Johnson of Americus published at a later date.
died Thursday, January 14, Charter Funerals has the
2016, at Newman Regional. arrangements.
He was 83.
Lydia Marie Windler Hinrichs
Lydia Marie Windler Hinrichs, 98, of Emporia died on
Saturday, January 16, 2016 at her home.
Lydia was born on January 27, 1917 in Spring Valley,
Kansas the daughter of Anton C. and Matilda Abler
Windler. She married Gerhard “Gay” Hinrichs on
November 26, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas. He died on June
28, 1999 in Emporia.
Surviving family members include: sons, Garry
Hinrichs of Tuttle, Oklahoma, and Delbert Hinrichs
of Okarche, Oklahoma; daughter, Karen Hinrichs of
Emporia; grandchildren, Randy Hinrichs, Kristin
McAfee, Brian Hinrichs, and Kimberly McSwarn; greatgrandchildren, Abigale and Elizabeth Hinrichs, Austin,
and Cody McSwarn, Wyatt, and Garrett Hinrichs, Tyson
and Bowen Witt; step great-grandchildren, Peyton, and
Staysha McAfee.
She is preceded in death by her husband; brothers,
Walter Windler, and George Windler; sisters, Rose
Ahlerich, and Selma Stevenson; grandchildren, Lori
Hinrichs, an B&