Ribbon cutting set
The ribbon will be cut at the new Wheat State Grille, 707A Commercial St., at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The event, sponsored by the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau, will include light snacks after the ribbon is cut.
Ryan Murphy is the owner of Wheat State Grille and Wheat State Pizza, Adam Hagemann is thew area manager for both businesses. Murphy, and Emporia native, started the pizza chain in Lawrence, later bringing it to Emporia. He opened his first Wheat State Grille in Emporia.
The restaurant is managed by Buzz Snyder.
Managing Paola
Emporia native Jay Wieland has been hired as city manager of Paola.
Wieland, who has a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University and a master’s in public administration from the University of Kansas, worked for the city of Emporia for more than 20 years before becoming city administrator at Hesston.
Moving out of state, he became city administrator at Charles City, Iowa and then city manager at Sterling, Ill.
Wieland’s wife, Peggy, is from Olpe.
Scholarship program
Staci Sull of A Lasting Image Photography in Olpe is participating in a nationwide scholarship program to be awarded to a member of the class of 2008.
The scholarship is made available by Senior Photographers International, an organization of photography studios specializing in high school senior portraits. The scholarship is based on the financial need.
The $5,000 scholarship may be applied to tuition and related costs at any accredited institute of higher learning, including colleges, universities and trade schools.
“This scholarship was established as a means of helping one senior each year to continue his or her education,” said Ed Burns, president of Senior Photographers. “Applications are only available through member studios like A Lasting Image Photography.”
This year’s scholarship winner will be announced in April 2008.
For more information, visit www.alastingimagephoto.com or call Sull at (620) 475-3953.
Mortgage support
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators issued special guidance this week urging loan service companies to work with borrowers in danger of defaulting on their home mortgages.
The new guidelines are not mandatory, but the regulators expressed the hope that companies that collect payments on mortgages would heed the advice.
Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said mortgage collectors have the authority under existing accounting and tax rules to help deserving borrowers.