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Friday, June 10, 2016
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W E AT H E R
95/69 96/71 91/71 90/70
SATURDAY
Clear
SUNDAY
Clear
MONDAY
Thunderstorm
TUESDAY
Chance of
Thunderstorm
Temperature at 7 a.m.
High yesterday
Low last night
Barometer
Wind
FOR THE RECORD:
The information at right is from the
National Weather Service.
75
88
70
29.96
9.8 mph
The DAILY REPORT
POLICE & SHERIFF
INCIDENTS REPORTED
POLICE
WEDNESDAY
Speak with animal warden,
Emporia, 8:08 a.m.
Suspended driver’s license,
1000 Commercial St., 11:41
a.m.
Public contact, 700 Riverview
Cir., 2:33 p.m.
Animal at large, 1200 Triplett
Dr., 2:41 p.m.
Traffic stop, 200 W. South
Ave., 2:57 p.m.
Battery, 500 Mechanic St., 4:15
p.m.
Warrant, failure to appear, 400
Mechanic St., 4:28 p.m.
Battery, 1200 W. 12th Ave., 4:41
p.m.
Found property, bike, 100 W.
1st St., 6:25 p.m.
call the Humane Society at
342-4477, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Found in Hartford, male black
lab, 1 - 2 years old. He is currently located at the Emporia Animal Hospital, 710
Anderson, 620-342-6515.
Missing, Intact male Boxer,
white and black, name is
“Oreo”, missing from the
1300 block of East Street,
620-412-7900.
ANIMAL EMERGENCY
For a nuisance animal or animal in need of care, call
the Emporia Police Department, 343-4200, or the Lyon
County Sheriff’s Office,
342-5545.
EMPORIA ANIMAL SHELTER
Arrangements to claim or
adopt pets at the animal
shelter, 1216 Hatcher St., can
be made by calling 340-6345
between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Saturday through Wednesday.
SHERIFF
WEDNESDAY
Search warrant, Emporia, 1:02
p.m.
Warrant served, Emporia, 1:29
p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:52 p.m.
Agency assist, 400 Cherry St.,
Americus, 8:04 p.m.
Found property, 4600 W. Hwy.
50, 8:42 p.m.
THURSDAY
Check welfare, 2500 Road M,
3:39 a.m.
EMPORIA VETERINARY
HOSPITAL
Pets may be available for
adoption at the Emporia
Veterinary Hospital: 3426515.
L O T T E RY
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SHERIFF
WEDNESDAY
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ANIMALS
PET PATROL
To report a lost or found pet,
A WICHITA SITE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS SIT-IN
WILL GET MEMORIAL
The Associated Press
WICHITA— The site of
an important civil rights
sit-in in 1958 in Wichita
will be getting a memorial
for the first time.
Young black protesters
sat at the lunch counter in
the Dockum Drug Store in
1958. The Wichita Eagle
reports after three weeks
of sit-ins, the drug store
agreed to serve the black
students at the counter. It
is considered one of the
first successful lunch coun-
ter sit-ins in the nation that
eventually helped lead to
desegregation.
On Thursday, two participants in the sit-ins, Joan
Williams and Galyn Vesey,
attended a ceremony
where the Kansas Health
Foundation presented a
$50,000 grant to the Kansas African American Museum and Ambassador
Hotel for the memorial
project.
Organizers have not
determined what form
the memorial will take, or
what it will include.
COURTESY PHOTO
Students from across Lyon County attended the 88th annual national convention of the Kansas Future Farmers of
America. Lyon County now has three chartered chapters.
LYON COUNTY GAINS
THREE FFA CHARTERS
The Emporia Gazette
Southern Lyon County,
Emporia High School and
North Lyon County all
started agriculture education programs and chartered Future Farmers of
America chapters this year.
The Kansas FFA, chartered in 1928, is established in 166 high school
agriculture education departments in 158 unified
school districts.
“We just returned from
the 88th Kansas FFA Convention,” EHS advisor
Misty Dedonder said. “At
state convention, students
attended a career show,
leadership workshops and
six sessions with inspiring
guest speakers. A highlight
was a keynote from Amberley Snyder, a barrel racer
that became paralyzed in
a car accident and shared
her story of how she persevered to get back on the
skills, learn to properly run
meetings and plan community service projects.
“FFA is important, as
one in eight jobs in Kansas
is dependent on agriculture,” Dedonder said. “Agriculture contributes $63
billion to the Kansas economy and schools should
be preparing students for
the over 300 careers in the
agriculture industry.”
The Lyon County Rawhide Wranglers rodeo begins at 2 p.m. Saturday
at the Lyon County Fairgrounds (there is a horse
show at 10 a.m. Sunday
as well). At 4 p.m. Saturday, Emporia High
School’s new Future Farmers of America chapter
will be presented with their
National Charter.
“The State FFA officers
will be coming down to
sign our charter, making us
an official chapter in good
standing,” said adviser
Misty Dedonder.
In addition to the chartering event, the EHS FFA
will be running the concessions, serving chips, hamburgers and drinks. All proceeds from this concession
stand will go to fund the
activities for the 2016-2017
school year.
“2015-2016 was a successful year for Emporia High School FFA,”
Dedonder said. “President Allison Smith, VicePresident Kyle Pedersen
and Secretary Sam Dobbins really took the reins
and did what needed to
be done to help me ensure
that things were taken care
of and we really got our feet
wet. I know that our new
officer slate of Sam Dobbins, president, Thomas
Leihsing, vice-president
and Kenzie West, secretary
will be ready and willing to
discover even more that we
can accomplish together as
Emporia High School’s FFA
chapter.”
ABOUT TOWN
Retirement Party
Animal Adoption Day
A retirement party for Jim Telfer will be held from 2 to
4 p.m. June 11 at Westside Baptist Church, 2200 Prairie
St. No gifts, please.
The Humane Society is having an animal adoption
day from 12 to 3 p.m. June 18 at Tractor Supply Company,
1318 Industrial Rd.