Main Street sale
As the heat outside rises, it’s time for Emporia Main Street’s Sizzlin’ Summer Sale, which will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Look for the blue Main Street event flags for participating stores. In addition to the sale, which will include more than 20 participating businesses, the Brown Bag Concert will be at noon at the library. The season finale of Live in the Lot Music & A Movie will be at 7:30 p.m.
Card shower for 90th
Former Emporian Freda Mautz will celebrate her 90th birthday Aug. 13. Cards may be sent to her at P.O. Box 107, Ponca, NE 68770.
Mautz lived at 2006 Prairie St. for more than 50 years, was active in Westminster Presbyterian Church and worked as a greeter at Wal-Mart for several years.
Her two daughters, Scharla Jones of Emporia and Karen MacLaren of Ponca, Neb., her fve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren will meet in Ponca on Saturday for a birthday party.