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The DAILY REPORT
Police & Sheriff
Incidents Reported
Police
Wednesday
Investigative report, 500 Mechanic St., 8:30 a.m.
Warrant, 200 block Congress St.,
8:53 a.m.
Warrant, 600 block 2nd Ave., 9:55
a.m.
Fight in progress, 2100 block 6th
Ave., 11:28 p.m.
Search warrant, 1200 block
Triplett Dr., 1:41 p.m.
Warrant, 400 Mechanic St., 3:02
p.m.
Non injury accident, 6th Ave. and
Congress St., 5 p.m.
Supplement, 500 block Mechanic
St., 7:28 p.m.
Warrant, 2300 Industrial Rd., 9:10
p.m.
Traffic stop, 300 block Market St.,
11:16 p.m.
Warrant, 400 block Mechanic St.,
11:44 p.m.
Thursday
Found property, 500 block
Mechanic St., 6:31 a.m.
Sheriff
Wednesday
Controlled substance problem,
200 block East St., 12:15 p.m.
Controlled substance problem,
12th Ave. and Burlingame Rd.,
1:44 p.m.
Injury accident, Road 140 and
Road F, 1:52 p.m.
Traffic stop, 300 block Market St.,
11:16 p.m.
Thursday
Fire, Road 30 and Road J, Madison, 9:50 a.m.
Thefts & Vandalism
Police
Wednesday
Larceny, 2300 block Industrial Rd.,
2:46 p.m.
Burglary, 100 block East St., 9:48
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.
Correction
Emporia Public Schools USD 253
has an 8-mill levy for capital
outlay. With assistance on the
first four mills from the state,
the district receives $1.5 million
per year for capital outlay.
Grass fire
quickly
extinguished
The Emporia Gazette
The Emporia Fire Department was called to a
grass fire at 1844 Road 190
at 12:01 p.m. Thursday.
About five acres
burned and the fire was
started by burning trash.
Automatic mutual aid was
provided by Reading Fire
and Miller Fire. The fire
was quickly extinguished
and no injuries were associated with this incident,
according to Battalion
Chief Rich Gould.
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Wilbur Lee Tarrant, 77, of
Emporia, Kansas died Monday,
February 8, 2016 at the AMG
Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.
Wilbur was born February
21, 1938 in Kingman, Kansas the
son of Wilbur and Anna (Oak)
Tarrant. He was a graduate of
Cunningham Rural High School
where he was active in sports, band, Kay club, yearbook
staff and class officer. Wilbur continued his education by
attending Pratt Junior College on a basketball scholarship.
He transferred to Emporia State in 1957. In 1959 he enrolled
in the Weaver Airlines School in Kansas City. Graduating in
1960 he was hired to work in Las Vegas. Wilbur was called to
serve in the U.S. Army from July 22, 1961 to August 17, 1963
spending 16 months at an American base near La Rochelle,
France. Upon being discharged from the Army he returned
to Emporia where he went to work in the club business as
bartender and manager. In 1964 Wilbur returned to Emporia
State University and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Business Administration in 1965. Wilbur was the manager
of clubs owned by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Wilbur then became the owner
and manager of his own club, the Lariat Lounge in Emporia.
He also worked part time as an income tax preparer. Wilbur
was an active member of the Sertoma Club, helped run a
fundraiser for the building expense of St. Mary Hospital. He
was an active participant in the Lyon County Democratic
party, Emporia State Alumni Association and Kansas Club
Association. He enjoyed playing bridge, reading and all
sports, especially tennis.
In September 1972 Wilbur married Myrna Barger at St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church in Emporia. They later divorced.
Wilbur is survived by two step-daughters, Cheryl Gold
and husband David of Emporia, and Brenda Bletscher and
companion Regina Shelton of Woodlawn, Illinois; grandson,
Joshua Gold of Breckenridge, Colorado; and great-grandson,
Clayton Danielson of Breckenridge, Colorado. He was
preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Helen Tarrant,
Gayle Tarrant and Ernest Tarrant; and a granddaughter,
Chelsea Gold who died from injuries she received in an
automobile accident on January 23, 2016.
Cremation is pla