School board
The Emporia board of education should take its last look at the 2008-09 budget and the master contract when it meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Mary Herbert Education Center.
The board is being asked to approve the budget after holding a series of workshops and public hearings on the document’s details.
The master contract item, also up for approval, concerns the master contract for certified personnel and for administrators’ and classified employees’ salaries for the coming year.
A report will be presented on the district insurance program for the school year.
Oldest veteran dies
FRONTENAC — Frank J. Bozick, who served in World War II and is the oldest known veteran in Kansas, has died. He was 105.
Bozick died early Saturday morning at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Frontenac. A staff member at the nursing home confirmed the death.
Bozick joined the Army at age 38 to fight in World War II and was called “Pops” by younger soldiers while doing tank repair.
A historian at American Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis last year confirmed in a letter that Bozick, who was born Feb. 11, 1903, was the oldest living veteran in Kansas.
Bozick was recognized by the state during a 2007 Veterans Day program at Frontenac High School.