Monday closings
Monday is Memorial Day, and a number of closings are planned, including the Lyon County Health Department and Flint Hills Community Health Center and Emporia’s financial institutions and federal, state, county and city government offices. The district court will also be closed.
There will be no residential trash collection. Monday’s trash will be collected Wednesday. The transfer station and recycling center will be closed.
The Gazette will not be published.
Will talk at battle site
Ron Parks will present “They Rallied on a Hill: The 1868 Cheyenne-Kanza Skirmish” at 7 p.m. today at the actual site of this historic encounter, which is approximately four miles southeast of Council Grove, close to Allegawaho Memorial Park. This program,free and open to the public, is the fifth in the Kaw Mission Councils 2007 educational program series, “Our Fabulous Flint Hills: Flora, Fauna, Flint, Fire, Folks and Facts.