Briefcase
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 11:24 a.m., October 5, 2007
Updated 11:24 a.m., October 5, 2007
Retirement
Peggy Arthur is retiring Friday after working 10 years for Capitol Federal Savings’ Emporia branch. From 2005 to 2007, Arthur was first in retail sales among Capitol Federal sales associates. A native of Tulsa, Arthur earned a business degree from Tulsa Business School in 1960.
Staff will have a public reception for her from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday.
New administrator
Samuel Seeley of Emporia is Lyon County’s new zoning administrator and floodplain manager, replacing Steve Samuelson, who took a job with the state. Seeley, originally from Michigan, has lived in Lyon County the past eight years and has a background in the real estate financial sector.
He and his wife, Lesley, a native Emporian, have two children, Sophia and Calvin.
Linda Borst, mapping and GIS technician for Lyon County filled the position as interim zoning administrator before Seeley took the position.
After hours
AKA Market & Promotions and TC Wireless, 524 Commercial St., is the site of the next Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Co-sponsored with the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau, the event is a networking opportunity for businesses. A $5 donation for Chamber members and $8 donation for nonmembers is accepted at the door.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Chamber office at 342-1600 or logging onto www.emporiakschamber.org, clicking on Community Calendar and locating the events. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday.
Advocate honored
Former Emporian Shelley Mann has received the Community Impact Award for 2007 from the Survivors Task Force of Colorado. Mann, who is now the children’s advocate at Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley, was honored on Tuesday at the Colorado Capitol in Denver.
Mann, who grew up in Allen, was the children’s advocate for a number of years at SOS in Emporia before joining the staff of Carla Stovall, then state attorney general. For more than six years, she has been a children’s advocate at Safe Shelter, where her work earned accolades from Colorado officials and victims advocates. She created, among other things, a book club and a math club to help young girls explore their abilities in reading and mathematics.
In announcing the award, Randy Saucedo of the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said, “Throughout her career as a children’s advocate, Shelley has created a safe place for the most innocent of victims, and she is the voice for these children.”