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THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
ALMANAC
W E AT H E R
OBITUARIES
Sondra Rae Straw
45/34 44/25 25/6
THURSDAY
Chance of Rain
FRIDAY
Overcast
SATURDAY
Partly Cloudy
22/9
SUNDAY
Mostly Cloudy
Temperature at 7 a.m.
33
High yesterday
41
Low last night
19
Barometer
30.05
Wind
light wind
FOR THE RECORD:
The information at right is from the
National Weather Service.
The DAILY REPORT
POLICE & SHERIFF
INCIDENTS REPORTED
POLICE
MONDAY
Drugs-other violation, 100
block of 6th Ave., 8:51 a.m.
Supplement, 500 block of
Mechanic St., 9:01 a.m.
Non-injury accident, 500 block
of Commercial St., 10:11 a.m.
Fraud-bad checks, 500 block
of Mechanic St., 1:55 p.m.
Warrant-failure to appear, 400
block of Mechanic St., 2:57
p.m.
Agency assist, 1000 block of
Sylvan St., 4:24 p.m.
Injury accident, 100 block of
East St., 5:13 p.m.
Lost property, 500 block of
Mechanic St., 10:31 p.m.
Found property, 500 block of
Sunnyslope St., 9:27 a.m.
Found property, 1800 block of
Merchant St., 11:44 a.m.
Found property, 1600 block of
Industrial Rd., 7:17 p.m.
Tuesday
Warrant-failure to appear, 500
block of Mechanic St., 12:49
a.m.
Investigative case, 400 block
of Mechanic St., 5:20 a.m.
Possession of methamphetamine, 1000 block of Sylvan
St., 4:24 p.m.
THEFTS & VANDALISM
POLICE
MONDAY
Theft, 800 block of Industrial
Rd., 8:03 a.m.
Motor vehicle theft-auto, 1400
block of 6th St., 12:44 p.m.
ANIMALS
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
made by calling 340-6345
between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
weekdays.
LOT T E RY
SHERIFF
MONDAY
Fraud, 400 block of Mechanic
St., 9:24 a.m.
Pedestrian Under Influence,
700 block of 6th Ave., 2:35
p.m.
TUESDAY’S WINNING
NUMBERS:
Pick Three 4-3-7
Sondra Rae Straw of
Emporia died Saturday,
December 12, 2015 at
Broadview Towers. She
was 78.
A memorial service will
be 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses. Charter Funerals has the arrangements.
Robert Allen Hodge
Robert Allen “Bob” Hodge
died Jan 3rd, 2016. His body was
contributed to the University of
Kansas Medical Center in Kansas
City. There will be no funeral.
Memorial contributions may be
sent to the Emporia State University
Scholarship fund.
Robert Hodge, son of Willard
and Vera Bryan Hodge, of Lawrence,
KS, attended Kansas State Teachers
College, now Emporia State University, receiving his BSE
in 1951 and his MS in 1960. Mr. Hodge was drafted into
the U.S. Army in 1951. After basic training in Fort Riley,
KS, he was stationed in Frederick, MD and Pine Bluff,
AR as a research assistant in bacteriology. He served two
years. He married Lois Redmond, daughter of Leo and Iva
Jones Redmond of Emporia, KS in Fredericksburg, VA on
May 23, 1952. She was also a graduate of the Kansas State
Teachers College.
Beginning in 1953, Mr. Hodge taught science in
Fishersville, VA for two years, attended University of
Virginia in Charlottesville for a year, then moved to
Fredericksburg in 1956, where he remained for the
next 36 years. He taught biology for 14 years at James
Monroe High School in the city and was recognized
by the National Association of Biology Teachers as an
outstanding biology teacher in the (eastern) eight state
region in the 1963-1964 year. For the next 17 years he
taught biology and also classes for the nursing program at
Germanna Community College as an Assistant Professor
until his retirement in 1987.
In Fredericksburg, VA, Mr. Hodge was presented
plaques and certificates by: The Historic Foundation of
Fredericksburg, Inc (HFFI), the General Hugh M W&6W