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THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
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Friday, January 22, 2016
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ALMANAC
W E AT H E R
OBITUARIES
Sue ‘Carrol’ Wilson Stockton
40/26 49/32 35/25 39/23
SATURDAY
Clear
SUNDAY
Partly Cloudy
MONDAY
Partly Cloudy
TUESDAY
Clear
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.
22
28
24
30.33
12.3 mph
The DAILY REPORT
POLICE & SHERIFF
INCIDENTS REPORTED
POLICE
WEDNESDAY
Auto burglary, 100 block Commercial St., 9:06 a.m.
Non-injury accident, 2800
block Eaglecrest Dr., 11:21
a.m.
Agency assist, 1200 block Rd.
345, 1:11 p.m.
Dog to go, 1200 block Hatcher
St., 4:10 p.m., 4:44 p.m.
Suspended/canceled/revoked,
1200 Merchant St., 11 p.m.
Battery, 400 block Fourth St.,
Americus, 7:09 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.
SHERIFF
TUESDAY
Non-injury accident, Hwy. 99
& Road 50, 12:29 p.m.
Non-injury accident, 100 block
Hwy. 99, 2:07 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Warrant, 500 block Mechanic
St., 3:13 p.m.
Controlled substance problem, 1200 block Rd. 345,
12:40 p.m.
Hit and run, 300 block Hwy.
99, 2:59 p.m.
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.
L O T T E RY
THURSDAY’S WINNING
NUMBERS:
Pick Three 5-1-2
ESU offers ‘future teachers’ Academy
Special to The Gazette
Kansas high school students looking toward the future have the opportunity to
see if they want to be among
the future generation of
teachers, coaches, counselors, education researchers,
speech therapists — every
profession that begins with a
degree in education.
Applications for the 27th
annual Kansas Future Teacher Academy are available at
www.emporia.edu/teach/
kfta. Current high school
freshmen, sophomores and
juniors are eligible to apply.
Applications need to be submitted by April 8.
“KFTA was one of the
best experiences,” said Hayley Yocum, a graduate of St.
Mary’s High School who attended the academy in 2013.
“It is a great experience and
I’m so thankful for all the
friends I met and information I received.”
Yocum explained she
bonded with other academy
participants “over our love
for our future career.”
In encouraging other Kansas high school students to
attend, Yocum added “KFTA
is so worth your time, even
if you’re just thinking about
teaching as a career!”
The KFTA will be held
June 5-9 at Emporia State
University. During this time,
academy participants will
work with education faculty
from area school districts,
ESU education faculty, and
meet with new teachers,
academy alumni, the 2016
National Teachers Hall of
Fame inductees, the 2016
Kansas Teachers of the Year,
and the 2016 Kansas Master
Teachers.
“No other future teacher
program in the country will
have the opportunity to
work with this many notable
teachers,” said Bob Aman,
director of the KFTA. “Our
goal is two-fold for the students: give them an overview
of the process of becoming a
teacher and at the same time
provide them tools to look inside themselves to see if they
have what it takes to become
a teacher.”
Students are allowed into
the academy based upon
their academic standing,
involvement in school and
community activities and interest in exploring a career in
teaching.
Funding for the academy
is provided by the Kansas
legislature and is coordinated by the Jones Institute
for Educational Excellence
at ESU. For more information about the academy, visit
www.emporia.edu/teach/
kfta or contact Roger Caswell
at 341-5372.
JESSIE WAGONER/GAZETTE
Members of the Camp Alexander Board of Directors
held their annual meeting on Thursday. The board
reports that 2015 was a successful camp season with
615 total campers for the year. The board has lofty goals
for 2016 and is looking forward to preparing for camp.
CAMP ALEXANDER BOARD
CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL
2015 SEASON
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
There was plenty of good
news to review at the Camp
Alexander Board of Directors
annual meeting Thursday evening. The board gathered to
review information from 2015
and begin planning for 2016.
Board chair Carmen Leeds
welcomed members of the
community to the meeting
and provided an overview of
camp activities throughout
2015. Ten weeks of camp were
offered for children during the
summer. A total of 208 individual campers participated
which was an increase of 40
children from the previous
year. Over the 10 weeks of
camp, a total of 615 campers
participated for an average of
60 campers a week.
“2015 was a huge success,”
Leeds said. “It would not have
been a success without the
United Way. This was the first
group that stepped up and
committed to help finance our
operations budget for camp
early in January. We knew
that after the United Way said
they would support us that we
would be able to have camp.”
Leeds says that board
members poured hours of
their time into working to
correct issues and prepare
for 2015 camp season. That
included hiring Corey Bacon
as program director and Carla
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