Efforts boost
education
Two Emporia teachers are among more than 30 educators from across the state who have begun their journey toward earning a national teaching certificate.
Sherry Nelson and Randy Wells are using the services of the Great Plains Center for National Teacher Education at Emporia State University.
Roger Caswell, the center’s director, said in a news release that participants in the center’s programs have had a better chance than other teachers of being certified, achieving a certification rate that is 30 percent higher than the national average.
The program began with a two-day session earlier this month at Emporia State. For the past nine years of its 11-year existence, the academy has been supported by the State Farm Insurance Cos. Pete Euler, a State Farm agent in Emporia, has helped obtain the insurer’s contributions. This year, State Farm contributed $6,000.
The certification center is in the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence on the E-State campus.
Learning to teach health habits
Helping students learn healthier habits is becoming a part of classroom activities as concerns about childhood obesity increase.
“Are You Fatter Than a Fifth-Grader (Should Be?)” brought elementary classroom teachers to Emporia State University to learn about assisting students in improving nutritional habits and increasing physical activity. E-State instructors Vicki Worrell and Joella Mehrhof led the workshop on nutrition lesson plans, ideas for fitness breaks, recess activities and other areas in which teachers can incorporate healthy habits into learning.
Those attending from the area were Renee Trimble, a retired teacher representing LeRoy-Gridley District 245, and Regina Herron of Lebo-Waverly District 243.
Stanion boosts
Special Olympics
Stanion Wholesale Electric Co. raised $75,520 for Special Olympics in its seventh annual Charity Golf Classic. This year’s event, held at Falcon Lakes Golf Club in Basehor, brings to $535,000 the amount raised by the tournament.
Proceeds help support Special Olympics Kansas and is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Olympics.
Stanion operates 17 businesses across Kansas and Missouri.
Hill’s Appliance wins national notice
Hill’s Appliance Center is in the news. The Emporia business is mentioned twice in this week’s edition of Twice, a consumer electronics magazine published by Reed Business Information.
The professional publication covered the Brand Source National Convention and Buy Fair held in Las Vegas, at which Hill’s was recognized as the Brand Source Dealer of the Year for the Great Plains Region. Rob and Lori Hill of the winning store are pictured in a series of photographs of conference attendees.
Menu announces
appointment
Menu Foods Income Fund has appointed Gale Prince to its board of trustees as well as to the board of directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited, the administrator of the fund. He will also serve as chair of the board’s Food Safety and Quality Assurance Committee.
A news release from the company says Prince is “known for his leadership in advancing food safety throughout all segments of the food industry.”
He played a “senior role” at Kroger, Menu said, and has served on food protection and safety committees of the Food Marketing Institute, the International Dairy Foods Association and the American Bakers Association.